BEN MAURER - Aged 17 years - Piscataway, New Jersey (USA)

newsday.com

July 16, 2009

7-year hunt for missing NJ teen ends in NYC

PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Family members are preparing to lay to rest a 17-year-old from New Jersey who vanished from a pool hall in 2002.

DNA tests showed Ben Maurer died the next day in New York City and was buried in the city's Potter's Field six weeks later.

The Piscataway High School student's cause of death has not been released and his family isn't commenting.

Police had used evidence from swabs to fingerprints to try to locate the boy for years. But Detective Dave Carmen recently obtained a blood sample that was entered in the Center for Missing & Exploited Children's national database. The sample came up a match in New York City.

Maurer will be buried at Resurrection Burial Park on Saturday.


Information from: Home News Tribune,

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newjersey/ny-bc-nj--missingteen-death0716jul16,0,7503435.story

Obituary

Ben Maurer

Ben Maurer, 17, of Piscataway, NJ, who was reported missing in June 2002, has been identified through DNA testing and declared deceased. He was born June 1, 1985 in Perth Amboy, NJ, and died June 26, 2002, in New York City, N.Y. Six weeks later he was interred in City Cemetery, also known as Potters Field on Hart Island as an unidentified person. At his family's request, Ben's remains have been returned to Piscataway. Interment will take place this Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Resurrection Burial Park in Piscataway, preceded by Mass of Christian Burial at 12 noon at St. Frances Cabrini Church, Piscataway. Visitation hours are Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Piscataway Funeral Home, 18 Stelton Rd., Piscataway 08854 from 1 to 3 and 6 to 9 p.m. All are welcome. To send your condolences to the Maurer family, please visit www.piscatawayfuneralhome.com. Ben is survived by his parents, George H. Maurer III of Long Island, N.Y., and Germaine Maurer of Piscataway; brothers, Jared Maurer, and James and Megan Guild, and their children, Noah and Emily; grandmother, Joyce Maurer; extended family, John and Linda DeLozier, Donnie Maurer, Richard and Juanita Maurer, David Maurer. He is also survived by Larry and Denise McKenna, Darrel and Camille Hamlet. Ben will also be missed by his numerous cousins and friends. He was predeceased by grandparents, Howard and Patricia DeLozier and George H. Maurer Jr. Ben attended Knollwood School in Piscataway and graduated from St. Frances Cabrini grammar school and attended Piscataway High School. He was active in soccer, scouting, basketball, the school radio station and drama club. He enjoyed reading, writing, movies and music. Ben's family and friends, teachers and the proverbial "man on the street" were the beneficiaries of his engaging personality and smile during his all too brief sojourn here with us. Ben was absent from his home these past seven years, but he was never absent from our hearts.

Published in Star-Ledger on July 15, 2009

http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=ben-maurer&pid=129765477

wpix.com

July 16, 2009

By STEPHANIE BARISH

Missing Teen Found Dead After Vanishing 7 Years Ago



http://www.wpix.com/news/local/wpix-nj-teen-found-dead,0,118584.story

You Tube

08 May 2008

Brothers In Arms - Ben Maurer

On June 25, 2002 my brother Ben Maurer of Piscataway, NJ went
missing. This is one of many videos I have done. If you have any
information about his or ANY missing child please contact The Missing
and Exploited Children. www.missingkids.com



*UPDATE* Ben's body was found and has been identified...he died on June 26, 2002. We just found out 7 years later.

Admin wrote:A sad reminder that these young people have family searching for them.

As there does not appear to be an on-going investigation into Ben's death, I will lock this thread

RIP Ben