NYPD returns to Berks County landfill searching for missing man

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Friday, January 11, 2019
Police search Berks Co. landfill for missing NY man

NEW MORGAN, Pa. (WPVI) -- The New York Police Department returned to a Berks County landfill Thursday to continue searching for a missing man.

Authorities were combing the Conestoga landfill in hopes of finding Michael Stewart.

Stewart went missing in Staten Island on December 20.

A tip led police to start searching the New Morgan landfill.

They say this is a possible homicide investigation.

Bad weather over the last few days has delayed the search.

NYPD searching Berks County landfill. Tamala Edwards reports during Action News Mornings on January 8, 2019.

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