A new search will take place as part of the effort to find the Rutgers University student from New Jersey who has been missing for almost a year.
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who → take → year
Mortimer Mekhai Wortman IV, 22, was last seen in surveillance footage on the evening of November 21 in the Regional Day School parking lot in Jackson, New Jersey.
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IV → see → Jackson
In the footage, Wortman was getting into the car of Adam Zalouk, who threatened him with a knife and carved the word 'slut' into his car a few months prior, according to News 12 New Jersey.
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who → get → News
Zalouk called 911 to report Wortman as missing the next day.
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Zalouk → call → Wortman
'Around 10:30 or 11, we had an argument in the car and said he would rather walk home and he stormed out and just kinda disappeared into the trees,' Zalouk told 911, according to a recording of the call obtained by Asbury Park Press.
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Zalouk → have → Press
According to Wortman's friend Nicholas Moccio, the surveillance footage of Wortman's last known sighting has not been released to the public nor to his family.
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footage → accord → family
Wortman's mother, Johanna Reyes, was expecting him at home the day he went missing, NJ.com reported.
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NJ.com → expect → home
When she got to her son's abandoned car, his vehicle's GPS indicated that he was on his way home when he stopped at the school, Reyes told NJ.com on a different occasion.
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Reyes → get → occasion
A friend of Wortman said that he is 'funny, sweet, caring, smart' and 'would literally give you the shirt off his back without you having to ask'
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you → say → back
Mortimer Wortman's friends and family are organizing another community search for the missing college student on November 21 2026, exactly a year after he was last seen
Community members will gather at Regional Day School where Mortimer Wortman was last seen to search for him on the anniversary of his disappearance
Another family member, Monica Rios Janney, said that Wortman was a lover of music, art, fashion and plants who 'is so very loved by all those who know him'
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who → organize → him
In April of 2026, Zalouk was ordered to pay $2,783 to Wortman's mother after he pled guilty to threatening her son and slashing his car after Wortman declined Zalouk's sexual advances, News 12 New Jersey reported.
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News → order → advances
Exactly a year after he went missing, Wortman's friends and family will be conducting a community search for Wortman in the wooded areas surrounding Regional Day School in Jackson, New Jersey on November 21 2026.
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friends → go → November
Wortman's friend Moccio gave a statement at a Jackson, New Jersey council meeting on October 13, in which he spoke of the town's lack of response and support towards search efforts dedicated to finding Wortman.
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he → give → Wortman
'Do you know what it's like to see your best friend's mom digging through brush and dirt in the middle of the night alone, calling out his name hoping somehow he'll hear her calls?' Moccio said during the meeting.
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Moccio → know → meeting
Moccio said police were neglectful in their response to Wortman's disappearance.
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police → say → disappearance
'It took us less than 30 minutes to find an eight-inch knife in a black leather sheath on Highbridge road, the only road that leads to Morty's last known location, 500 feet away from Morty's car parked in the school lot,' he said.
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he → take → lot
It's clear the police haven't done their jobs properly or they would've found it in the eight hours they had before we got there.'
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we → do → hours
Last month, Moccio shared videos he recorded which showed Jackson Police Department officers laughing in front of Wortman's family and friends during a search.
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officers → share → search
Wortman seen with family who say they aren't giving up on looking for the senior Rutgers student
Mortimer Wortman's friend Nicholas Moccio shared a photo which allegedly depicts Zalouk's father, Sam Zalouk, tearing down Wortman's missing posters.
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Adam Zalouk was the last person to see Mortimer Wartman before he disappeared.
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he → see → Wartman
A few months prior, Zalouk threatened Wortman with a knife and carved the word 'slut' into his car
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Zalouk → threaten → car
No updates, no sight of Morty, no suspects named, too many lies to count,' he said, 'we still need help because we haven't gotten the help we need,' Moccio said at the council meeting.
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Moccio → name → meeting
'It's been 11 months,' Wortman's mother Johanna Reyes told NJ.com, 'the same information that I got from day one is still the only information I have.
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I → tell → day
Wortman's friends and family have been sharing updates and information on search efforts across social media and the website Bring Morty Home.
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friends → share → Home
An image shared by the Bring Morty Home Facebook page featured a post from Zalouk's Facebook, which read: 'If anyone wants to search the area where he was last seen, it was by the fire pit down Success Road.
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it → share → Road
If you have any actual questions for me which could be helpful for finding Mortimer, please let me know.
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me → have → Mortimer
Otherwise, stop with all these nonsense allegations.'
Moccio shared a photo which allegedly depicts Zalouk's father, Sam Zalouk, tearing down Wortman's missing posters.
'This is Adam's Dad taking down our posters,' Moccio wrote.
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A GoFundMe was started by Wortman's brother Ivan Marks to raise funds to support the community's search for Wortman.
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GoFundMe → start → Wortman
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