Ocean County authorities announced that on October 25, the Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled that Ms. Megan Campana, 42, of Seaside Heights, whose body was found in Waretown on June 4, died of natural causes.
Police said on June 4, the Ocean Township Police Department received a report of an unresponsive female located in a wooded area of the Barnegat Branch Rail Trail near County Line Road in Waretown; responding officers located the body of a deceased female.
According to police, on June 5, the Ocean County Medical Examiner positively identified the body as that of Ms. Campana.
On October 25, the Ocean County Medical Examiner released the results of a forensic toxicology report issued in connection with the post-mortem examination performed on Ms. Campana.
The Medical Examiner ruled the manner of Ms. Campana’s death to be from natural causes.
Prosecutor Billhimer and Chief Rogalski acknowledge the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crime Unit, Ocean Township Police Department Detective Bureau and Patrol Division, Ocean County Sheriff’s Office Crime Scene Investigation Unit, and Ocean County Medical Examiner’s Office, for their collective assistance relative to this investigation.