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Pequannock, Morris, A park visitor called the Morris Township police and reported the body.Because the investigation is ongoing, officials say they cannot disclose details for fear of compromising the investigation. The hanging death of a person in a Morris County park over the weekend has been ruled a suicide, authorities announced Wednesday.The body was found by a Lewis Morris Park patron in the Sugarloaf section of the park around 2:45 p.m., Sunday, Morris County Park Police Lt. Chris List said.The park was briefly closed and has since reopened, List said. Parsipanny-Troy Hills, On Friday afternoon, Black Lives Morristown sent letters to Attorney General Gurbir Grewal and Gov. Hi! Kinnelon, Pequannock, Kinnelon, Madison,

East Hanover, "Despite Prosecutor Knapp’s assertion that there is 'no cause for criminality involved' in his death by hanging, Amani’s work in the community sheds light on a possible motive to kill and silence him," read the letter to state officials. Montville, "There is no cause to believe there is any criminality involved. Madison,

Phil Murphy's office demanding they conduct a "thorough, prompt, appropriate and professional" investigation. Parsipanny-Troy Hills, Roxbury & For All Saints of Morristown and the Rev. Emergency responders pronounced the victim dead at the scene. "However, given the fact that unsubstantiated statements have circulated on social media, there exists a need to provide more information to the public at this time. Boonton, "The Morris County Prosecutor’s Office ordinarily does not issue public statements on active investigation," Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp said. Morristown, Morris, Chatham, Washington Township Parsipanny-Troy Hills, Police temporarily closed off a section of the Lewis Morris Park in Morristown as detectives investigated a person found hanging this afternoon. Roxbury & Morris County Prosecutor Fred Knapp said the Morris County Medical Examiner’s findings were shared to provide transparency on the ongoing investigation. Jefferson, Chatham, Pequannock,

Rockaway, Madison, Kinnelon, East Hanover, East Hanover, Dr. Sidney S. Williams Jr. of Bethel AME Church of Morristown, the Rev.

Randolph, You've read our articles so we know you like our reporting. As county officials continue to investigate the death of 20-year-old Amanuel Tamirat “Amani” Kildea, Black Lives Morristown demanded the state's involvement in his death by hanging investigation. A memoriual service was held earlier this month at Redeemer Lutheran Church, where Kildea's father, the Rev. Morristown, Rockaway, At 2:47 p.m. on June 28, the Morris County Park Police responded to the Sugarloaf section of the park, according to Lt. Chris List. Montville, Officials say the unidentified person was found just before 3 p.m. Alison B. Miller of the Morristown Unitarian Fellowship, among others. "The racist history of this country, and in Morristown, cannot be ignored when investigating and addressing Amani’s death. Lewis Morris County Park in Morristown spans 22.1 miles of trails across more than 2,100 acres.

Boonton,

Rockaway, Morristown, "The public needs to be assured that all physical evidence aligns with the finding that Amani died by suicide and not by any other unnatural manner," the letter read. Those thunderous roars that rattled windows in Morristown over the weekend were not an invasion.

"All the 30+ suspects that were previously exposed on Instagram and YouTube were not all vetted," the letter read. Anyone with information may call the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Unit at 973-285-6200.

Kildea was one of seven Black people found dead by hanging in the United States inKildea was survived by his parents, siblings James and Jennifer, "Pop-Pop" James Muller, and birth mother, Genet in Ethiopia, as well as many other relatives. Roxbury & To keep reading please join our mailing list. Randolph, Jefferson, A number of county residents, community groups and local clergy signed the letter to officials, including the Rev.

Submitted by RLS Staff on Jun 28 2020 - 4:24pm. Kildea's body was found hanging in Lewis Morris Park on June 28 and the county's Medical Examiner’s Office determined he died by suicide. Robert Rogers of C.O.G.I.C. Officials say the … Jefferson, The hanging death of a person in a Morris County park over the weekend has been ruled a suicide, authorities announced Wednesday. Earlier this month, Knapp said there was "no cause" to indicate criminality in Kildea's death, but activists said the county's statements "failed to provide the Black community with any reassurance into a more thoughtful investigation." These incidents are happening at a time of nationwide racial upheaval — when people are already on edge and suspicious about police accounts of their encounters with Black people," the letter said. Chatham, Tom Kildea, has been the senior pastor for almost 20 years. Boonton, The body was found by a Lewis Morris Park patron in the Sugarloaf section of the park around 2:45 p.m., Sunday, Morris County Park Police Lt. Chris List said.