NORTH BRUNSWICK – A 17-year-old girl from New Brunswick was found dead Wednesday in Elmwood Cemetery on Georges Road, according to Middlesex County Acting Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey.

The body was found about 9 a.m., authorities said.

"An investigation by the North Brunswick Police Department and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office has determined no foul play was involved," Carey said in a statement.

As reporters milled outside the cemetery gates this morning, officers could be seen gathered near a creek that separates North Brunswick and New Brunswick.

Initial reports stated the victim was found hanging from a tree, but the prosecutor’s statement did not address those reports.

A woman who answered the phone in the cemetery office said she had no information.

An assistant to Mayor Francis "Mac" Womack III said the office would not confirm or deny reports of a death in the cemetery.

The prosecutor did not release the name of the victim.

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