Martha Runyon - New Jersey - LOCATED DECEASED

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According to police, Runyon was discovered missing from her home in the first block of Rosetree Lane at approximately 6:50 a.m. It appeared that she left home on foot without her purse or cell phone. She has not returned to the residence and has not contacted her family since.

A search by police officers, a bloodhound from the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office and New Jersey State Police helicopter failed to locate her.

According to police, Runyon works in Trenton and frequents the Hopewell/Lambertville area where she boards her horse. Runyon is most likely on foot or using public transit at this time, police said.

Runyon has been entered as a missing person in the National Crime Information Center computer system.

Anyone who may have seen her or has with information her whereabouts is asked to contact the Lawrence Township Police Department at 609-896-1111.

Martha Runyon, 60, was described by police as a white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair. Police say she is 5-foot, 8-inches tall and about 130 pounds. She has blue eyes and a fair complexion.
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I'm praying this body isn't Martha's.

A body was found on Thursday morning in Lawrence Township, Mercer County amid the search for a missing woman.

The body was found around 10:20 a.m. in the canal at Carnegie Road off the Delaware and Raritan Canal State Park Trail.

There was no immediate word on the identity of the person who was found.

However, this discovery comes as police search for 60-year-old Martha Runyon, who has been missing since July 7th.

Runyon was last seen at her home in Lawrenceville, not far from the site where the body was found.

Police had no further details about the discovery of this body as the investigation begins.
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Body Discovered In Lawrence Canal Confirmed As Martha Runyan

The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office says Runyan’s body was discovered partially submerged an embankment along the Delaware Raritan Canal by a woman walking her dog on Thursday morning near Litho Road on the Lawrence/Hamilton border off Route 1.

A backpack partially filled with bricks was discovered near her body; her death has been ruled a suicide. Positive identification was made using dental records.

Lawrence Police and the New Jersey State Police have been looking for Runyan, 60, since Monday when her husband John reported her as missing. The Prosecutor’s Office said she had no medical issues but would not offer a motive for her death.

The search had focused on the area around her Rosetree Lane neighborhood. Her body was found less than a mile from her home.
nj1015.com/body-discovered-in-lawrence-canal/