Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unterminated string. Expected Separator

I get this exception while parsing a string containing JSON:

Newtonsoft.Json.JsonReaderException: Unterminated string. Expected delimiter: ". Path '[114].var2', line 1, position 431602. 

So, I went up to this position (431602) and found that it was here: (...) lZmdoaWpzdHV2d3h5eoKDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqK * JP * KWmp6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXG1J ...)

So these are just ā€œjpā€ characters that shouldn't be something wrong.

What could be causing this exception?

EDIT To be more specific, I also put a whole line with several variables around it:

 "var1":"946","var2":"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","var3":"77241" 
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I noticed that this is apparently base64 encoded JPEG. In most cases, it would be better and easier if your server sent back jpeg rather than JSON.

 public ActionResult ShowImage() { var file = Server.MapPath("~/App_Data/UserUpload/asd.png"); return File(file, "image/png", Path.GetFileName(file)); } 

To view the source, follow this link.

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Troubleshooting recommendations:

If you cannot fit the whole line, you can reduce it to isolate the error.

Try to delete block characters at the same time (I would use the binary search method left / right) until it stops breaking. Then look closer at the bad half. If you can get the bad half small enough and can't see the error, send it.

I assume that the column specified by the error does not count as you think it is.

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