{"id":59278,"date":"2025-12-03T03:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/59278\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T03:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T03:18:08","slug":"new-jersey-college-student-22-missing-for-more-than-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/59278\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey college student, 22, missing for more than a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SLTVKRXNYNBNPJYA32NRSJGE5U\">STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Authorities are continuing their search for a 22-year-old Rutgers University student reported missing more than a week ago in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ABWTYQOY65ETZDYGE6O5DEIHNI\">Mortimer Wortman was most recently seen in a wooded area of High Bridge Road in Jackson Township on Nov. 21 at about 10:30 p.m., according to a Jackson Township Police Department post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacksonpolicedept\/posts\/pfbid024adKyYA9ZYKfh8VETDUF3e5ddEeB4wCQEdXWH4HAML2SPjTnbAueyQL9r7P2w25Sl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jacksonpolicedept\/posts\/pfbid024adKyYA9ZYKfh8VETDUF3e5ddEeB4wCQEdXWH4HAML2SPjTnbAueyQL9r7P2w25Sl\">Facebook.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VXCIOW4MAVEM7IL7IMZ5SXAO5Q\">The area is in the vicinity of the Colliers Mills Wildlife Management Area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"RLTUYLAG35CPHOKN5PDZYUS4NE\">Wortman\u2019s car was located in the parking lot of the Regional Day School in Jackson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OT3DOWBFLVE6HM72ESNGUDL644\">\u201cThe Rutgers University Police Department is working closely with the Jackson Police Department, which is leading the investigation into the disappearance of Mortimer \u2018Morty\u2019 Wortman, a student enrolled at Rutgers\u2013New Brunswick,&#8221; said a statement from the university.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UZLBCZM435GSPETHNQNVB2LJIY\">\u201cDespite extensive investigative efforts, the young man has not as of yet been located,\u201d Chief of Police Matthew Kunz told Advance\/SILive.com in an email response on Monday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QZJSOGY42FA6TCDZDZ4NPCQE3E\">\u201cThe case remains under investigation,\u201d according to an email from a spokesman for the Ocean County Prosecutor\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3ZGR7DVQPJBEHAHX2JXV5XEYXE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-find-mortimer-support-his-search?attribution_id=sl%3Abcb8bd66-eec2-4655-8529-ec4963a4c700&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1764173220&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_td&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-find-mortimer-support-his-search?attribution_id=sl%3Abcb8bd66-eec2-4655-8529-ec4963a4c700&amp;lang=en_US&amp;ts=1764173220&amp;utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&amp;utm_content=amp17_td&amp;utm_medium=customer&amp;utm_source=copy_link\">A GoFundMe has been set up to assist in the search for Wortman.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DNTGBFLHYZAURD2CU2L2OJFYMI\">\u201cMortimer is a kind and unique person who is deeply loved,\u201d said a quote on the GoFundMe. \u201cThis fundraiser will be used to allocate resources for his discovery and\/or to hire a private investigator to help bring him home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DF4JIOAHMBFGXAOSCX2RIGTHL4\">Wortman stands about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs about 200 pounds. He has light skin, dark brown hair, brown eyes, a pierced nose and is known to wear earrings. He was dressed in a black T-shirt, burgundy hoodie and blue jeans when he went missing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CWJBPVVEURFPBFZF5HLYAPVXEU\">Anyone with information is urged to contact the Jackson Township Police Department at 732-928-1111 and press \u201c0\u201d to speak with a dispatcher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. \u2014 Authorities are continuing their search for a 22-year-old Rutgers University student reported missing more&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":{"0":"post-59278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-staten-island","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-staten-island","12":"tag-staten-island-headlines","13":"tag-staten-island-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}