Chemist Death At NJ Water Treatment Plant Ruled a Homicide

We hope the authorities are able to get to the bottom of this horrible crime. It certainly gives you pause when you think about a murder committed at a water treatment plant and the potential reasons and suspects. Unfortunately the crime scene may have been compromised, complicating the investigation.

A senior chemist whose body was found at the bottom of a tank at a water treatment plant last week drowned, and her death has been ruled a homicide, Passaic County Prosecutor James Avigliano said yesterday.

Geetha Angara's was apparently killed as she went about testing water at the massive Passaic Valley Water Commission complex in Totowa, NJ. Investigators plan to question all 85 employees who worked on her daytime shift for clues.

However, investigation into the mysterious death was compromised by scores of employees and police walking through the scene and possibly moving evidence before detectives arrived, according toPassaic County Prosecutor James Avigliano