Multiple Ocean County law enforcement agencies are investigating the death of a woman found in a wooded area of the Barnegat Branch Trail near County Line Road in Waretown
UpdatedSat, Jun 5, 2021 at 4:43 pm ET
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A woman s body was found in the woods near the Barnegat Branch Trail and Country Line Road in Waretown on Friday, the Ocean County Prosecutor s Office said Saturday. (Google Maps)
WARETOWN, NJ The death of a woman whose body was found near the Barnegat Branch Trail in Waretown has been labeled suspicious, the Ocean County Prosecutor s Office said Saturday.
The woman s identity has not been released.
Her body was found Friday in a wooded area of the trail near Country Line Road in Waretown, Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer said. Ocean Township police were notified about 1:30 p.m. Friday about an unresponsive woman near the trail, and found her dead.
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After more investigation and a toxicology test, the prosecutor’s office confirmed the woman had fentanyl in her system. Further lab analysis showed that the fentanyl Barrett sold the woman matched that fentanyl, Billhimer said.
The Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office determined it was the fentanyl that killed the woman, Billhimer said.
Barrett surrendered himself to the Toms River Police Department Friday.
He remains held at Ocean County Jail in Toms River pending a detention hearing.
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