FBI searching NJ woods in 1970s missing persons' case

STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, New Jersey -- FBI agents are searching the woods in New Jersey in connection with a missing persons' case that dates back to the 1970s, sources told Eyewitness News.

Investigators are looking for evidence on Mayetta Landing Road near Route 9 in in the Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge. That's located in Stafford Township in Ocean County.
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Watch raw video of the search efforts here:


They are working on the case of two developmentally disabled boys -- Steven Anderson, then 17, and David Williams, then 12 -- who disappeared in April 1975 from the New Lisbon State School in Burlington County.

The FBI released age-progressed photos last month that show what they would have looked like now at 48 and 56 years old.

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This is what they looked like when they were first reported missing:

There's no word yet if FBI agents have found anything at that location.

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