The death of a South Jersey woman who disappeared two years ago and was later found dead in thick brush near her Camden County apartment complex remains a mystery, and investigators on Monday renewed their push to solve the case.
Carol Reiff, 59, was supposed to meet her daughter for a trip to the shore on June 21, 2013, according to a new video about the case made by Gloucester Township police. When Reiff never showed that day, her daughter, Dawn Sentanni, became worried and called police.
Authorities launched a massive, days-long search for Reiff around the Lakeview Apartments, on Lower Landing Road in Blackwood, where she lived. Reiff was an avid runner, and her car was found parked near her apartment, police said.
Three days later, on June 24, 2013, a New Jersey State Police K9 found Reiff's body in a heavily wooded area by the complex, off of Route 42.
Reiff's death has not been ruled a homicide by the Medical Examiner's Office, police said, but the Camden County Prosecutor's Office and Gloucester Township police are continuing to investigate her death as suspicious. In the newly released video, a police detective said it appeared that Reiff's body was placed in the woods and had been there for some time. Reiff was last heard from the night of June 20, 2013, when she spoke with her daughter about their plans.
There is a $20,000 reward offered for information leading investigators to solve the case. Police and Reiff's daughter implored anyone who knows anything at all to come forward.
"We appreciate everybody who has come forward to date, but we strongly believe there is more information to be found," Sentanni said in the Gloucester Township police video. "Our family has struggled for the last two years trying to make sense of this, trying to find some closure, and it's not just about us. It's about the community as a whole ... we do not want any other family to hurt or suffer in the way this affects a family and in the way this has affected our family."
Anyone with information about Reiff's death can provide it anonymously via the Gloucester Township Police Department's tip line at 856-842-5560 or the Citizens Crime Commission at 215-546-8477. Tips can also be texted by sending keyword TIP GLOTWPPD, along with a tip message, to 888777, or emailed to ccpotips@ccprosecutor.org.
