Search for student, missing for more than 2 weeks, intensifies in Ocean County Dan Alexander Published: December 8, 2025 Mortimer “Morty” Wortman, sign on Route 571 in Jackson during a search Dec. 6, 2025 (Jackson police)

🔴 Rutgers student Mortimer “Morty” Wortman was last seen in Jackson on Nov. 21

🔴 A friend seen picking him up isn't helping investigators, according to his brother

🔴 Police intensified their search for Wortman during the weekend

JACKSON — Law enforcement spent a freezing-cold weekend searching for a missing Rutgers University student.

Mortimer “Morty” Wortman, a 22-year-old, Jackson resident, was last seen on Nov. 21. Wortman is considered to be endangered.

Township police worked with county and state law enforcement to search the area around High Bridge

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