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Case Description
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Seventy-one-year-old Aleem Zarif was reported missing from Newark, New Jersey, after he was last seen on May 1, 2025. His case is listed in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System with a last-contact location of Newark and a case creation date of September 4, 2025. According to the entry, his disappearance was formally reported in early August 2025.
NamUs records note that Mr. Zarif is unhoused and known to frequent Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard in Newark, a detail tha ...Read More
Last Seen: May 01, 2025
NamUs records note that Mr. Zarif is unhoused and known to frequent Mayor Kenneth A. Gibson Boulevard in Newark, a detail tha ...Read More
Last Seen: May 01, 2025
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Sep 04, 2025
Aleem
Zarif
71
71
69 inches
125 lbs
Black / African American
Male
May 01, 2025
Newark
New Jersey
Essex County
Newark
No
66
177400
Newark Police Department Special Victims Unit
Newark
New Jersey
Essex County
07108
Bryan Lewis
Detective
300 Clinton Avenue, New Jersey
9737337273
Local
Law Enforcement
C25035363
2025-08-01
Newark Police Department Special Victims Unit
Unknown
Brown
Brown
11/11/2025
Area Last Seen:
Forum Posts (2)
Did anyone else notice how Mr. Aleem Zarif seems to have this specific pattern in the areas he frequ... ...Read More
08/21/2025
08/21/2025
Hey folks, I’m looking into the disappearance of Mr. Aleem Zarif and something I find puzzling is ... ...Read More
07/25/2025
07/25/2025
