Suspected Human Remains Found At Palisades Interstate Park: Cops

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A bag containing suspected human bones was found at the Stateline Lookout snack stand in Alpine Monday morning, authorities said.

Employees found the bag hanging on the door when they showed up for work at 8 a.m., said Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella. They noticed that what was inside the bag appeared to be bones and called the Palisades Interstate Parkway Police Department.

Police looked and determined the bones were similar to those of a human, Musella said. They contacted the Bergen County Prosecutor's Office Cold Case Unit and the Bergen County Medical Examiner's Office to begin an investigation.

Authorities are trying to determine whose remains they are, where they came from, and who left them there.

Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to call the Cold Case Unit at 201-226-5500.

The Palisades Interstate Park is a 2,500-acre area along the Hudson River that stretches from lower Rockland County in New York to Edgewater in Bergen County.

Stateline Lookout is a scenic overlook at the highest point on the Palisades cliffs, about half a mile south of the New Jersey-New York state line.

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