A 29 – year-old New Jersey man who had been named a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend died by suicide, prosecutors said.
John Ozbilgen was found dead by his parents at their Freehold Township home on Friday morning, his attorney, Robert Honecker, told NBC News in a statement.
A medical examiner determined that he had taken his own life, the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said in atweet.
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Ozbilgen was considered a person of interest in the disappearance of Stephanie Parze, it was revealed during a hearing earlier this week on a separate case involving child pornography. He allegedly had various images on his cellphone depicting acts of sexual violence on children, some as young as 2 years old,NBC New Yorkreported.
The photos were found during the investigation into the disappearance of 25 – year-old Parze, who was last seen at her Freehold Township home around 10 PM on Oct. 30.
Honecker said Ozbilgen “strongly denied and maintained his innocence” in regard to the pornography charge. As far as Ozbilgen being classified as a person of interest in the Parze case, Honecker said in his statement: “At the time of his death, no charges relating to her disappearance were filed against John Ozbilgen.”
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