Skull Found on New Jersey Beach Linked to 19th Century Shipwreck

Skull found on New Jersey beach linked to 19th century shipwreck

In 1995, a mystery skull washed onto a beach in Longport, New Jersey. Four years later, additional bone fragments were discovered less than two miles away on a shore in the neighboring southern New Jersey town of Margate. It would take another 14 years for even more skeletal remains to arrive on a beach another five miles away in Ocean City. But over those three decades, forensic experts and law enforcement couldn’t put a name to the individual …

Skeletal remains found on New Jersey beaches decades ago identified as captain of doomed 19th-century ship

The skeletal remains, including a skull, were found on a number of South Jersey beaches between 1995 and 2013.

30-year mystery of bone fragments washing up on several NJ beaches finally solved by group of college kids

Ramapo College Investigative Genetic Genealogy Center claimed remains found on several south Jersey shorelines between 1995 and 2013 were connected to the captain of a 19th century shipwreck

Bones found on NJ beaches identified as captain of 19th century shipwreck

Skeletal remains found on different beaches along the South Jersey Shore belong to the captain of a 19th century ship that sank off the coast of Atlantic County, investigators announced this week. A skull first washed ashore in Longport in 1995 and more bones were found in Margate City in 1999. In 2013, additional remains were found in Ocean City, in neighboring Cape May County. For decades, the set of remains were dubbed Scattered Man John Doe …