PATERSON, N.J. (AP) - Authorities say an unattended car belonging to a New Jersey woman feared abducted in December has been found with a body in the back seat.
The Passaic County prosecutor’s office said the car was found shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday in the parking lot of a garden apartment complex in Paterson.
Prosecutor Camelia Valdes said the medical examiner hasn’t yet identified the body in the car, which was found less than a mile from where 24-year-old Shanaya Coley was last seen Dec. 5.
Paterson police said in December they feared Coley may have been carjacked in the 2013 Nissan Altima or kidnapped near her apartment as she was leaving for work.
Authorities said a concerned citizen called police to report an unattended vehicle in the lot.
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