Missing woman found hiding in boyfriend's closet, Maplewood NJ

Missing Person

Reported: 11/6/2025 09:43 PM

Near Jacoby St, Maplewood, NJ 07040

Officers responded to near Jacoby St for a missing 19-year-old woman. She was later found hiding in her boyfriend's closet inside the residence. The woman was not on scene initially, but was located inside the home. No personal names or exact street numbers were included in this summary to protect privacy.

Audio|Source: Maplewood Police Department

02:13

Transcript:

00:00

Central 2-434-4-6, do you have that female on scene?

00:06

Negative. We off at near Jacoby St with the individual she was with earlier and his parents.

00:18

So that female is not on scene?

00:22

Give me all right.

00:27

All right, can you have that female contacting mother right now while you're on scene with her? I'm on the phone with the mother.

00:38

Three at one.

00:39

She's not on scene.

00:40

It's just the male, the boyfriend, and his family.

00:47

Ristee, sorry.

00:48

I heard that.

00:50

Does he know where she went, that female?

00:58

Just have another standby for one.

01:00

We're going to get all the information and we'll give her a rundown.

01:03

Let's keep in mind that the daughter's 19 though.

01:07

See if she's got any sort of mental health issues or made any sort of remarks that would elevate this.

01:12

But the end of the day, she's over 18.

01:20

Receive that.

01:22

That was related to the mother.

01:30

3446 where you out?

01:34

We at near Jacoby St, inside the residence.

01:41

Yeah, where? Inside the home?

01:44

She's located in her.

01:47

She's located in her. She's hiding inside her boyfriend's closet.

01:51

Oh,

01:52

cool. I'll be upstairs in a second.

01:59

4-6, if you're not doing anything, run out since, let me in, Clark.

02:02

Hey,

02:04

sir, Judge, just come to the rear.

02:06

We've got to gain entry from the back of the house, literally all the way to the back.

02:12

All right, receive.

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