HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. – Police are searching for a missing College of New Jersey student after her purse, identification and cell phone were found near the George Washington Bridge.
Paige Aiello was reported missing after a passer-by called her parents to say she found Aiello’s belongings on the south walkway of the bridge Tuesday evening, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said.
The college senior, who commutes to school from her home in Hillsborough, was last seen by her father Christopher Aiello around 1 p.m. Tuesday.
About two hours later, the prosecutor’s office said Aiello’s mother noticed her car had been taken without her permission.
“She wasn’t answering her phone,” Christopher Aiello told 1010 WINS’ Steve Sandberg. “Came home and found out she had taken the car.”
Authorities said the car was found at a parking garage near a train station in a New Brunswick several hours later. However, the keys to the car were found with Aiello’s purse and other belongings near the George Washington Bridge.
NYPD Harbor units scanned the waters of the Hudson River, but did not find anything.
Aiello’s father said his daughter is a high achiever and is the captain of the school’s women’s tennis team.
“She has been all-conference and has been accepted into approximately nine law schools for next year,” he said. “It’s maybe just too much.”
Thursday is Aiello’s 22nd birthday. Her father said he just wants her to come home.
“I feel helpless at this point,” he said. “We miss her incredibly. We need to get her back. We need to be able to see her again.”
An alert was sent out to students at the college, but investigators said so far, there are no signs of foul play, CBS 2′s Christine Sloan reported.
The Hillsborough Police Department, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office, the NYPD, Port Authority police and NJ TRANSIT police are all assisting in the investigation.
The college said it was told Wednesday that Aiello was missing.
Anyone with information about Paige Aiello’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Hillsborough Township Police Department at 908-369-4323, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office at 908-575-3300 or the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS(8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net.
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