Police Ask For Help Identifying Body Found in Hamilton

The New Jersey State Police Missing Persons Unit and the Hamilton Township Police Department are asking the public to help identifying a man who was found dead in Hamilton in July 2011.

The man was described by police as a white, 5 feet 9 inches tall and possibly between the ages of 45 and 55.

He was found July 20, 2011, in a wooded area off South Broad Street near the Interstate 295 overpass. That area is frequented by homeless and transient individuals, police said.

A forensic artist and state police forensic anthropologist developed a composite drawing after examining and measuring his bone structure and interviewing a witness who saw the man a week before he died, police said.

When found, the man was wearing navy, white and red plaid pajama bottoms, a white t-shirt and blue medical-type shoes with Velcro straps, typically used by those diagnosed with diabetes, police said. He also had a gold ring and designer watch on him.

Police are asking anyone with information about the possible identity of this man to call Detective Dan Inman of the Hamilton Township Police Department at (609) 581-4008, or the NJSP Missing Persons Unit at (609) 882-2000 extension 2893.