Barnegat Lighthouse State Park is the site of an active investigation after a lifeless human body was spotted in Barnegat Inlet, just off the western shoreline of the park, shortly before 2 p.m. on Thursday, according to a statement from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection. The Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office is investigating. The State Park Service operates the park, at the northernmost tip of the Island.
The body “is in the custody of the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office, which will determine identification and cause of…
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