The Associated Press
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, New Jersey (AP) -- Autopsies were being conducted Tuesday on four women whose bodies were found in a seedy area just outside Atlantic City.
The bodies were found Monday, face down in several inches of water in a ditch behind a budget motel, said Janet Niedosik, a spokeswoman for the Atlantic County prosecutor’s office.
The spot is less than 200 yards from the Atlantic City Visitors Welcome Center.
One body was found by two women walking along a path, and police found the other three bodies, said Janet Niedosik, a spokeswoman for the Atlantic County prosecutor’s office.
Although Atlantic City has glitzy casinos and expensive hotels, the area where the bodies was found has become seedier and seedier in recent years, said Larry Huggup, who stays at the Golden Key Motel. Rooms there go for