CNN โ The body of a woman who had been missing for six years has been found in a New Jersey river, according to State Police Trooper Charles Marchan.
The body was recovered from a submerged car in the Salem River on Thursday, Marchan said, and later identified as that of 52-year-old Vanessa Smallwood, who was last seen on January 27, 2014.
According to a FBI missing persons poster, Smallwood was last seen at a dry cleaning business in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, driving a 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van.
The Southern Regional Coroner's Office will perform an autopsy on the body, New Jersey State Police said.
CNN has reached out to the Southern Regional Coronerโs Office for comment.