radioNovo News for Stroudsburg: May 11, 2026

RNN STROUDSBURG 05/11/26          A TRAGIC END TO A SEARCH IN MONROE COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY 5-YEAR-OLD AJANI JERMAINE SAMUELS WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER BEING REPORTED MISSING SUNDAY MORNING.           AJANI......... WHO WAS NON-VERBAL AUTISTIC AND EPILEPTIC............ WAS LAST SEEN AT A HOME ON ROSE DRIVE IN CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP. AFTER A MULTI-HOUR SEARCH INVOLVING LOCAL AUTHORITIES, HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED FROM A NEARBY BODY OF WATER AROUND 4:30 P.M.           STATE POLICE HAVE NOT RELEASED FURTHER DETAILS AS THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE BOY'S DEATH CONTINUES.          SLATE BELT REGIONAL POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE DEATHS OF A WOMAN AND HER SON IN PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP. OFFICERS FOUND 71-YEAR-OLD DIANE WERT AND 47-YEAR-OLD NATHAN HEFFELFINGER DECEASED IN THEIR ENGLER ROAD HOME LAST FRIDAY EVENING. AUTHORITIES SAY THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT WITH NO DANGER TO THE PUBLIC, THOUGH A CAUSE AND MANNER OF DEATH HAS NOT YET BEEN DETERMINED FOR EITHER VICTIM.