MUS-2026-0057
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MUS-2026-0057
Homicide
- Incident
- 2005
- Indexed
- Oct 3, 2026, by MuseUnsolved
- Agency
- Passaic County Prosecutor's Office
- Location
- Totowa NJ
Public record. Index entry.
Index entry. Case details compiled from public reporting; our researchers have not verified this file yet.
Summary
What happened, as the record shows.
Geetha Angara, 43, a senior chemist at the Passaic Valley Water Commission in Totowa, New Jersey, vanished during her shift on February 8, 2005. Her body was found the next day inside a massive water tank after the tanks were drained. The autopsy showed strangulation bruises and drowning, and investigators classified it a homicide; because plant access was tightly controlled, the suspect pool narrowed to three male colleagues. No arrests were ever made and the case went cold; the three were never identified publicly and must be presumed innocent. A later alternate theory proposes accidental drowning, though the official classification stands as homicide.
Timeline
What the record establishes.
- 2005
Geetha Angara, 43, vanishes during her shift on February 8; her body is found inside a water tank the next day.
- 2005
The autopsy shows strangulation bruises and drowning; the death is ruled a homicide.
- 2020
Reporting confirms the case went cold with no arrests ever made.
Key people
The people in the file.
43, of Totowa, New Jersey. Vanished during her shift on February 8, 2005.
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