FBI searching Ocean County, NJ woods in 1970s missing persons' case

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017
FBI searching Ocean County, NJ woods in 1970s missing persons' case
FBI searching Ocean County, NJ woods in 1970s missing persons' case: Bob Brooks reports on Action News at 6 p.m., November 28, 2017

STAFFORD TWP., N.J. (WPVI) -- FBI agents are searching the woods in New Jersey in connection with a missing persons' case that dates back to the 1970s, sources tell Action News.

Investigators are looking for evidence on Mayetta Landing Road near Route 9 in in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. That's located in Stafford Township in Ocean County.

Police search in Stafford Twp., NJ: Sarah Bloomquist reports during Action News at Noon on November 28, 2017.

They are working on the case of two developmentally disabled boys -- Steven Anderson, then 17, and David Williams, then 12 -- who disappeared in April 1975 from the New Lisbon State School in Burlington County.

David Williams
Steven Anderson

The FBI previously released age-progressed photos that show what they would have looked like at 48 and 56 years old.

There's no word yet if FBI agents have found anything at that location.

FBI searching NJ woods in 1970s missing persons' case. Bob Brooks reports during Action News at 4pm on November 28, 2017.

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