Glouco Man Charged for Illegal Body Dumping, Prosecutors Say

A Gloucester County man was arrested last week on charges that he illegally disposed of the body of a woman who died from a drug overdose, and never reported the death to police, authorities allege.

Andrew McCloskey, 41, of Riviera Drive in Williamstown, allegedly dumped the body of a 40-year-old Atco woman on Jan. 31, 2012. The woman met McCloskey shortly before her death and went with him to his residence at the time on Harrell Avenue in Williamstown, prosecutors say. McCloskey reportedly found her dead in his bathroom the next day.

Instead of reporting her death, McCloskey put the woman’s body into the back seat of her Suzuki and drove it to Bishop Avenue in Berlin Township and left it there, prosecutors say. A Bishop Avenue resident found the body and contacted police.

Authorities allege McCloskey had an accomplice in Jade Williams, 27, of Oklahoma Avenue in Williamstown. McCloskey reportedly contacted her and she followed him to Berlin and drove him home after he left the victim’s body, authorities say.

McCloskey was charged with illegally disposing of a body and held March 28 on $25,000 bail at Gloucester County Jail. Williams received a municipal court summons for her alleged role in moving the body.

Det. Brandon Cohen of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office and Det. Greg Wolfe of the Monroe Township Police Department led the investigation.

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