Crime & Safety

Probe Into Death Of Woman Who Planned To Visit Manhawkin Family Continues

The investigation into the death of Carol Reiff continued Monday morning as Gloucester Township Police were in the area of her home in an effort to gather information surrounding her death.

Reiff, 59, of Lakeview Apartments in Gloucester Township, last spoke to her family on June 20, 2013, one day before she planned to visit family members in Manahawkin.

She never arrived, and the family contacted police. Her body was discovered in a wooded area behind her apartment complex on June 24, 2013.

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The Camden County Prosecutor's Office and the Gloucester Township Police Department have taken advantage of reduced brush and overgrowth in the area in which Carol Reiff's body was found on June 24, 2013 to recanvas the area. 

Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk and Gloucester Township Police Chief Harry Earle are expected to provide an update Monday afternoon.

An autopsy was unable to determine the cause of death due to the body’s state of decay. Although the death has not been ruled a homicide, the Gloucester Township Police Department and the Camden County Prosecutor’s Office are conducting a criminal investigation into her death.

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$20,000 reward has been offered for any information related to her death.

On Monday morning, Gloucester Township Police announced they would be in the area of Lakeview Apartments in an effort to gather information.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Gloucester Township Police Department at 856-228-4500 or the Gloucester Township Police Anonymous Tip Line at 856-842-5560, or the Camden County Prosecutor's Office at 856-225-8500. 

To send an anonymous tip via text message, text the keyword GLOTWP and your tip message to 847411 ( tip411).   To send an anonymous web tip to Gloucester Township Police here.


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