Dive Teams Search Merrimack River After Body Found In Bow: Update

Concord NH

30 April, 2022

5:44 PM

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BOW, NH — A dive team and boaters from the New Hampshire Fish & Game department were on the Merrimack River on Saturday searching for evidence after a woman's body was found in the river on Thursday. Bow police, Bow and Hooksett firefighters, and others were sent to the river around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday after witnesses reported seeing a naked woman floating in the river. Later, the woman's body got caught up in some brush not far from the shoreline. Police said the woman appeared to be in her mid-to-late-30s. Her identity and the cause of her death were not known and an autopsy was expected to be performed on Friday. Later Thursday, New Hampshire State Police-Marine Patrol surmised the case was a "probable drowning." Also Read Dead Body Found In Merrimack River: Video Divers were at the River Road boat launch in Bow searching the river at around 7 a.m. on Saturday. According to NEWS 603, the teams began packing up around 2 p.m. A fish and game staffer said they were looking for evidence connected to the case. No information about the autopsy has been released as of post time. Anyone who knows anything about this case or possibly knows of a woman in her mid-to-late-30s who might be missing should call Bow Det. Tyler Coady at 603-223-3950. Got a news tip? Send it to [email protected]. View videos on Tony Schinella's YouTube.com channel or Rumble.com channel.