Name: Karen Lynn Zendrosky
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: October 22, 1979
Location Last Seen: Bordentown Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Date of Birth: September 2, 1963
Age: 16 years old
Race: White
Gender: Female
Height: 5'2"
Weight: 90 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Green
Nickname/Alias: Unknown
Distinguishing Marks/Features: Scar on her right ear.
Dentals: Available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Available
Clothing: Overalls and a brown and yellow zip-up sweatshirt.
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Zendrosky was last seen at a bowling alley which has since closed, in Bordentown Township, Mercer County, New Jersey on October 22, 1979.
Police have long suspected Zendrosky’s remains are buried deep in the old sludge pit, once used as part of the township’s wastewater treatment plant which is just a half mile from the former bowling alley. It was known to be a party area, and it has been rumored that Zendrosky ended up there against her will or of her own volition and never left.
Foul play is suspected.
Agency Name: New Jersey State Police
Agency Contact Person: Detective Stephen Urbanski
Agency Phone Number: (609) 882-2000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: C02085393
NamUs Case Number: 4592
NCIC Case Number: M-847788950
NCMEC Case Number: 968779
NamUs
NCMEC
KWY CBS 3 3/30/05
Team Amber Alert
New Jersey State Police
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 10/30/2023 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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