Crime & Safety

Man Found Dead in North Whitehall Woods

The death of a Quakertown man found in North Whitehall woods on the Fourth of July has been ruled a suicide by the Lehigh County coroner.

A Quakertown man was found dead in a wooded area on Cobbler Lane in North Whitehall on the Fourth of July.

Timothy Hoffman, 43, of Milford Square Park in Quakertown committed suicide, according to the Lehigh County Coroner.

Hoffman was pronounced dead at 1:35 p.m. Thursday in the 4100 block of Cobbler Lane just off Route 329 (Old Post Road) by Deputy Coroner Jason Nicholas.

The coroner did not say how Hoffman killed himself.


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