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Bridgewater Township Police: Missing Teen Found Dead Saturday Evening

By TAP INTO THE BREEZE

January 27, 2018 at 10:18 PM

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BRIDGEWATER, NJ - Bridgewater Township Police are reporting that the 16-year-old girl missing in Chimney Rock Park since 2 a.m. Saturday was found dead Saturday evening.

The matter is still under investigation, and more information will be released as it is available.

Bridgewater Township Police had been engaging in a search and rescue operation in the wooded area near Chimney Rock Park since Saturday afternoon, searching for Francine Wang, who had been missing since about 2 a.m. Saturday.

Various county K9 units, trained search and rescue personnel and fire personnel assisted in the search throughout the area.

On a post on their Facebook page, Bridgewater Township Police are asking for the family to have privacy at this time, and said the matter is under investigation.

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