UPDATE: Body Found In Ohio River

Update posted Tuesday, June 18 at 7:25 a.m.:

 

Boone County investigators have identified a body found in the Ohio River Sunday.

 

Boaters spotted the body near Anderson Ferry that afternoon. Boone County Water Rescue crews pulled it from the water.

 

Police said late Monday that the body has been identified as that of a man from Warrenton, Virginia. The victim had jumped from the Roebling Bridge in Cincinnati on Friday night.

 

 

 

Original story posted Monday, June 17 at 6:46 a.m.:

 

(Constance, Ky.) - Boone County authorities are trying to identify a body pulled from the Ohio River Sunday.

 

Just before 4:00 p.m., a man’s body was spotted in the water just downstream from the Anderson Ferry near Constance, Kentucky. Boone County Water Rescue recovered the body and transported it to the Kentucky side of the river.

 

Investigators have not yet identified the body. There is some speculation it could be that of a man who jumped from a bridge in Cincinnati last week.

 

Boone County Sheriff's Office deputies in conjunction with Boone County Coroner's Office deputies are investigating the death.

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