Morristown Daily Record
The Morris County Medical Examiner has ruled the deaths of the Boonton mother and her 11-year-old son, whose bodies were recovered from the Rockaway River last week, to be accidental, law-enforcement authorities said Tuesday.
The bodies of Warda Syed, 35, and her son, Uzair Ahmed, were discovered in the early evening of Feb. 23 in the water at the top of a dam in the Upper Pond of Grace Lord Park, where a waterfall empties into a river gorge. There is no cause to believe there was any criminal activity involved in either individual’s death, Acting Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll wrote in a statement released by his office. Out of respect and consideration for the family of the deceased, there will be no further comment on the circumstances of the incident.
Authorities have confirmed the identities of the 35-year-old woman and 11-year-old boy found drowned in a Morris County pond Tuesday evening.The body of Warda Syed and her son, Uzair Ahmed, were recovered from the Upper Pond section of Gra…
The bodies of Warda Syed, 35, and her son Uzair Ahmed, left, were found Tuesday. Police were called to Grace Lord Park, right, after her younger boy was found there alone.
Police ID teacher, 11-year-old son found dead in N.J. river after younger son called for her
Updated Feb 25, 2021;
Posted Feb 25, 2021
A woman and a 11 year-old boy s bodies were found dead in the Rockaway River at Grace Lord Park Tuesday evening. Tuesday, February 23, 2021. Boonton, N.J. USA (Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media) Aristide Economopoulos | NJ Advance Media
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On Wednesday afternoon, the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office identified Warda Syed, 35, and her son Uzair Ahmed, 11, both of Boonton, as the woman and child pulled from the Rockaway River in Grace Lord Park late Tuesday night.
A second child, a 6-year-old boy, found at the scene was also confirmed as Syed’s son, the office said. The child’s name was not going to be released, the office said.
Updated on February 25, 2021 at 8:25 am
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Authorities on Wednesday identified the mother and son found dead in a New Jersey pond the prior evening, though are withholding the name of the woman s 6-year-old son, who alerted others to call 911 with his cries for help, a source said.
Warda Syed, 35, and her 11-year-old son, Uzair Ahmed, were discovered in a pond in the Upper Pond section of Grace Lord Park in Boonton around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. A 6-year-old boy, also confirmed to be Syed s child, was at the scene unharmed. A law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the case told News 4 he was screaming for his mother, which prompted others to call 911.