THIS JUST IN:Body of Deptford Man Found Near Mantua Creek
Body of Deptford Man Found Near Mantua Creek
Sunday, December 28, 2014
WOODBURY NJ (December 28, 2014)--The body of a 58-year-old Deptford NJ man was found today, December 28, 2014 on the bank of the Mantua Creek near the Route 45 overpass of the creek in Mantua Township NJ.
No foul play is suspected in the death.
The man has been identified as Theodore Smith III. He was found by a Deptford Township police officer who was searching for him after Smith's wife reported him missing early today. Smith was last seen leaving the Telford Inn in Mantua Saturday night (12/27), telling a Telford employee he was walking home. He lived about a half mile from where he was found.
An autopsy by the Gloucester County Medical Examiner's Office is scheduled for Monday, December 30, 2014.
source Gloucester County Prosecutors Office