DOVER — Morris County Prosecutor Robert J. Carroll, Chief of Detectives Robert McNally, and Human Services Police Chief Brian Lee confirmed that 26-year-old Destiny Erts, reported missing in Dover, has been found.
Destiny Erts, of Randolph, was initially reported missing after being last seen at the Dover Public Library on July 11, 2025. Law enforcement subsequently pursued leads in New York City, and the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Missing Persons Unit and the Human Services Police Department worked with the NYPD and FBI in continuation of the investigation.
Through the extensive cooperative efforts of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Missing Persons Unit, NYPD, Human Services Police, FBI, and other law enforcement agencies, Erts was located on October 21, 2025, in Harlem. Members of law enforcement responded to New York and facilitated her transport back to New Jersey.
Prosecutor Carroll thanked our law enforcement partners, including the NYPD and FBI, for their efforts during this investigation, and the public for their assistance and for their expressions of concern about Erts’s wellbeing.
