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Rutgers Student Missing: Family Seeks Answers on Connection

12/10/2025

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Mortimer Wortman IV, a Rutgers University student, has been missing since November 21 after he was last seen entering a vehicle with Adam Zalouk.
The family believes Adam Zalouk is connected to Wortman's disappearance and is urging police to re-interview him.
Zalouk has not been charged and a court hearing on his earlier charges was postponed.
Local police and Rutgers officials continue the investigation as Wortman's family searches nearby woods.

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Mortimer Wortman IV, a Rutgers University student, has been missing since November 21 after he was last seen entering a vehicle with Adam Zalouk.
The family believes Adam Zalouk is connected to Wortman's disappearance and is urging police to re-interview him.
Zalouk has not been charged and a court hearing on his earlier charges was postponed.
Local police and Rutgers officials continue the investigation as Wortman's family searches nearby woods.