Chapter 19: The Mysterious Death of Geetha Angara

In 2005, Geetha Angara was a 43 year old chemist working for the Passaic Valley Water Commission in Totowa, New Jersey. On February 8th, she went down to the facility's underground water tanks in order to do some routine recalibration. 24 hours later, her body was found floating in the second tank with no clear answer as to how she got in there. was this a case of murder by a disgruntled employee angry at Geetha's recent promotion? Or was this a terrible accident?

If you have any information on Geetha Angara's death or know anybody that worked at the Facility in 2005 please contact Senior Assistant Prosecutor In-Charge Allan Nawrocki at ANawrocki@passaiccountynj.org

Or you can call The Passaic County Prosecutor's Totowa Office at 973-881-4800


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