Investigation Underway After Skeletal Remains Discovered in Egg Harbor Township

Egg Harbor Township Police are investigating after a local resident discovered a portion of human skeletal remains in a wooded area at dawn on July 30. Officers responded to the woods near the intersection of Tilton and Delilah roads, where a New Jersey State Parks Police cadaver canine unit was brought in to help locate the rest of the remains nearby. The Atlantic County Medical Examiner’s Office has completed the recovery, and the individual’s identity and cause of death remain unknown pending a forensic examination.