Body Found In Middle Township Believed To Be Missing Teen: Police

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP, NJ — The body of an unidentified person was found in a wooded area in the Whitesboro section of the township, police said Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Middle Township Major Crimes Unit and New Jersey State Police K-9 Unit were conducting a follow-up investigation on a missing person’s case.

During the search, authorities found an unidentified body in a densely wooded area along the 200 block of East Lena Street.

Police said the human remains could not be positively identified at the scene, but detectives believe the individual is 18-year-old Leila Bellamy of Whitesboro, who was last seen on July 14.

The Southern Regional Medical Office is conducting a thorough examination to confirm the identity of the individual.

The Middle Township Major Crimes Unit has been investigating Bellamy’s disappearance with the assistance of the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office, New Jersey State Police Missing Person’s Unit, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, along with the assistance from Philadelphia Police Department, South Carolina Highway Patrol, Florence County Sheriff’s Department and Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Department.

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