Officers assist with service member's belongings at VA, Bernards NJ
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Other Non-Crime EventOfficers responded to a Veterans Affairs facility near Knollcroft Rd regarding the belongings and body of a deceased service member. The body may have been transported to East Orange, but belongings remain at the VA facility.
Audio|Heard on: Bernards Township, Somerset Hills, and Somerset County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
00:57
Transcript:
00:00
When we try to call a female box several times, no answer.
00:07
Give it open, I'll go try to make contact with her.
00:09
I need two, three one.
00:13
Good.
00:15
I'm in contact with the VA.
00:16
Her husband did pass away there.
00:19
They're not sure where he is.
00:21
He might be transported to East Orange, but if she's looking to pick up the lungs, they can more than happily go there and pick him up.
00:31
Okay,
00:32
I'm still making my way there.
00:34
I'll just inform her that,
00:35
just confirming her belongings or his belongings are there.
00:39
Yes, the belongings of the service person that passed away at the Lyons VA.
00:44
His belongings are still there.
00:46
They're not sure.
00:47
They don't have a, I believe, a morgue there or an ER, so they might have been transported to East Orange.
00:52
They're not sure the exact location of the body, but the belongings should be able to be picked up there.
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Location mentioned:
Knollcroft Rd, Lyons, NJ 07939
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