The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office confirmed late Tuesday that the truck has been located, but an office spokeswoman would not provide additional details.
HAMILTON -- The 1992 pickup truck homicide investigators were looking for in connection with the killing of Jessica Prusik last week has been located, officials said.
The Mercer County Prosecutor's Office confirmed late Tuesday that the truck has been located, but an office spokeswoman would not provide additional details.
Jessica Prusik The investigation is ongoing by the Mercer County Homicide Task Force, the prosecutor's office said.
Authorities familiar with the case say the truck was located in the Bristol area of Bucks County, Pa., sometime over the past weekend.
Late last week, the prosecutor's office issued a public statement saying investigators were looking for a black 1992 Ford F150 extended cab with New Jersey plates L44 ERU.
The office also issued pictures of a similar vehicle in hopes of locating it.
Authorities with knowledge of the case also say Prusik was known to use the vehicle, but did not own it.
Prusik, of Hamilton, was found dead last Tuesday morning Oct. 6 in John A. Roebling Memorial Park, off Sewell Avenue off South Broad Street.
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An autopsy determined the 38-year-old's death was a homicide, but the prosecutor's office has not released any other details about the cause of Prusik's death.
Prusik was a married mother of two children and stepmother to five.
Her obituary, which identified her as Jessica Prusik-Martinez, said she was a 1996 graduate of Nottingham High School in Hamilton and recently started her own house-cleaning business, Cardinal Cleaning Service.
The obituary also said, "Jessica was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who loved her."
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