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Detectives are looking for the killer of a 27-year-old Asbury Park man who was found dead inside a vehicle in the 100 block of Prospect Avenue Wednesday night, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni has announced in a written news statement.

Asbury Park Police responded to the 100 block area along Prospect Avenue to find Denzel Morgan-Hicks deceased and seated in the driver’s seat of a 2017 Ford Expedition, officials said.

The deceased was taken to the Middlesex County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office where an autopsy will be completed to determine the cause and manner of death, officials said.

Anyone with information pertaining to the crime is urged to contact Det John Leibfried of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office at 1-800-533-7443 or Det Dillan Gourley of the Asbury Park Police Department at 732-775-2936.

Those who wish to remain anonymous can provide tips via the Monmouth County Crime Stoppers confidential line at 1-800-671-4400;  text “MONMOUTH” and  the tip to 274637; or e-mail a tip via monmouthcountycrimestoppers.com. 

Monmouth County Crime Stoppers pays up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest of criminals and fugitives.

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