A crew from Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light recovered the remains of a Glen Rock man in the bay about 2 miles off Island Beach State Park on the evening of Oct. 14, ending a four-day search that spanned a little more than 90 miles from Bergen County to the Jersey Shore, law enforcement officials said.
Kiariff Alston, 26, was reported missing by his family during the early morning hours of Oct. 11, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said in an Oct. 15 statement on the incident.
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