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I feel so terrible for the family; I’ve been following the story since I heard about it, as I was in Manahawkin for Thanksgiving - their daughter had posted something on a shore Facebook page that I like to follow. Warren Grove is def out in the sticks....and Route 539 can be desolate. I wonder if after their quad got stuck, maybe they decided to walk out to check deer traps (?? but that begs the question why he wouldn’t take his gun, so it doesn’t make sense). It sounds like they must have crossed paths with a psychopath. There are homeless camps around the Toms River area. I’ve not heard of anything like that around Rte 539, but they could be out there deep in the woods.

Yeah man.....I grew up in South Jersey.I lived in Tuckerton right off 539 (Green Street) in the mid 1980s. We used to shop at the little K-Mart in Manahawkin. I have been out on those sand roads many,many times.Just me and my 4WD Subaru Brat. Also had 5 x 5 square miles topo maps. Never felt threatened. The area where the couple disappeared is more traveled than usual. The NJ Parkway has a exit ramp there. I used to see lots of dumping going on along the sand road. Mostly construction materials. There is some poaching too. There is also a bombing range in Warren Grove. We used to watch the A-10s and F4s practice. There is something missing in this story if you ask me.