The bodies of Warda Syed, 35, and her son Uzair Ahmed, left, were found Tuesday. Police were called to Grace Lord Park, right, after her younger boy was found there alone.
Police ID teacher, 11-year-old son found dead in N.J. river after younger son called for her
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
A woman and a 11 year-old boy s bodies were found dead in the Rockaway River at Grace Lord Park Tuesday evening. Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Boonton, N.J. USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office identified Warda Syed, 35, and her son Uzair Ahmed, 11, both of Boonton, as the woman and child pulled from the Rockaway River in Grace Lord Park late Tuesday night.
A second child, a 6-year-old boy, found at the scene was also confirmed as Syed’s son, the office said. The child’s name was not going to be released, the office said.
Updated on February 25, 2021 at 8:25 am
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Authorities on Wednesday identified the mother and son found dead in a New Jersey pond the prior evening, though are withholding the name of the woman s 6-year-old son, who alerted others to call 911 with his cries for help, a source said.
Warda Syed, 35, and her 11-year-old son, Uzair Ahmed, were discovered in a pond in the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. A 6-year-old boy, also confirmed to be Syed s child, was at the scene unharmed. A law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the case told News 4 he was screaming for his mother, which prompted others to call 911.
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The bodies of an 11-year-old child and 35-year-old woman were found in a Morris County pond Tuesday evening, authorities said.
Police were dispatched to the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton on a report of an unattended child around 5:40 p.m., Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Morris County Sheriff James M. Gannon said.
There, police found the bodies along with an unattended 6-year-old child, who was unharmed, Gannon said alongside local police.
According to RLS Media, the 6-year-old child was calling for her mom who had drowned in the river, along with an 11-year-old boy.