Body found in NY search for bridge jumper
(AP) - Investigators searching for aMassachusetts woman who stopped her car on New York's Tappan ZeeBridge, removed her sandals and leaped over the side have found thebody of a white female. State Police
News 12 Staff
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Jun 8, 2009, 2:37 PM
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Updated 5,445 days ago
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(AP) - Investigators searching for aMassachusetts woman who stopped her car on New York's Tappan ZeeBridge, removed her sandals and leaped over the side have found thebody of a white female.
State Police say they found the woman's body about 2:30 p.m.Sunday in the Hudson River near the bridge.
Police could not immediately say whether the body belonged tothe Massachusetts woman, 33-year-old Saige Reisler.
State Police Investigator Noel Nelson says a maintenance workeron the span saw the Northampton woman jump early Saturdayafternoon. Nelson says a car belonging to Reisler was found on theRockland-bound side of the bridge. A pair of sandals was near thecar.
Northampton police say Reisler had been reported missing.
The Tappan Zee Bridge is about 30 miles north of Manhattan.
