By Caitlin Brown
HIGHLANDS- Investigators are seeking the public’s help in identifying the body of a man washed ashore at the Gateway Marina in Highlands Dec. 30, 2013, announced Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni.
This week, law enforcement authorities have released a composite sketch of the unidentified man, with the hope that someone in the public may be able to make a positive identification, according to Gramiccioni.
A joint investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office and the New Jersey State Police has found no DNA matches for the man in the FBI’s Combined DNA Index System (CODIS), and there have been no missing persons reported for anyone matching the description of the deceased man, Gramiccioni said.
The man is described by authorities as a young white man in his 20s. A forensic examination concluded the man is not of American Indian, Japanese, Chinese or Guatemalan nationalities. The composite sketch from the New Jersey State Police Forensic Artist Unit provides an image of what the young man may have looked like at the time of his death, but facial features, hair length and coloring may vary.
If any aspects of the man in the composite sketch appear familiar, or you believe you may have additional information concerning this case, you are urged to call Detective Andrea Tozzi of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, at 1-800-533-7443, or New Jersey State Police Detective Steve Urbanski, at 609-882-2000 ext. 2554
