Body found in New Jersey ID’d as Stephanie Parze; ex confesses in suicide note

“It is with great sadness we announce that Stephanie Parze’s remains were recovered yesterday near Route 9 in Old Bridge. The Middlesex County ME confirmed her identify this morning. Our Office will hold a brief press conference later today regarding this matter. We wish to extend our thanks to our partners the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and the Old Bridge Township Police Department for their work on this investigation. We also want to thank the public for your remarkable efforts in trying to find Stephanie for the past few months. May God bless Stephanie and her family during this terribly difficult time.”

Parze was last seen after going out to a comedy show with her family in Oct.

Parze’s ex-boyfriend John Ozbilgen, 29, committed suicide on Nov 22, after she went missing and he was arrested for possession of child pornography.

Ozbilgen left a suicide note next to his body, that was found hanging from his parent’s garage. According to authorities, he admitted to killing Parze and added that he wasn’t going to do “life” in prison and had had enough.

He never wrote where her body was.

Police called him a person of interest because the night Parze went missing because he had sent her about 10 text messages where he expressed a lot of anger towards her. She never replied back to him..

He’s now suspected of killing her..