NJ Cold Case
Sophie Olejnik
Hillsborough, Somerset County, NJ
On June 2, 1963, a 14 year old girl named Sophie Olejnik departed her home at 49 N. 11th Avenue, Mannville, Somerset County, NJ, to attend a dance at the Polish Falcons Camp. She was last seen at 2:30PM walking on Champlain Road and turning south down Sunny Meade Road. The Polish Falcon Camp on Falcon Road was approximately 1.2 miles away. Six days later on June 8, 1963, her body was found face down in 6 inches of water in Royce’s Brook, 200 yards upstream from Sunny Meade Road, and about 600-800 yards south of where she was last seen.
According to forensics, her cause of death was forcible drowning. She was abducted or ambushed on a rural road and then killed in the vicinity of the encounter. Sophie was found face down in six inches of water on bank of creek , there was mud and sand found in her mouth. She was wearing an orange blouse that had been ripped open in the front, and peddle-pusher style pants that were partly pulled down. There was no penetrative rape determined. It seems she walked or was forced through a bush on a footpath from the road to the creek. Sophie’s head was likely held down and held in mud and in the water. Her purse found on the opposite bank of the creek with its contents intact.
Sophie’s case has not been solved.
If you have any information about this case, please contact the Somerset County Police Department at 908-231-7140.
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