Bodies of a woman, 22, and a NJ resident, 23, found floating 50 feet apart in New York’s Hudson River on Fourth of July
BODIES of a woman, 22, and a New Jersey resident, 23, were found floating 50 feet apart in New York's Hudson River on Fourth of July.
The incident is now being investigated by Hudson County prosecutors and police.
The Jersey City Police Department and the county's Homicide Unit responded to reports of a female in the water on Saturday, shortly after 7.30am, prosecutor Esther Suarez .
The 22-year-old woman from Manhattan was pronounced dead at the scene just minutes later.
Then, just before 1pm on the same day, the police received a call of a second body in the water - approximately 50 feet away from the first victim.
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The second body was identified as Umair Saleh, 23, from Edison, and was pronounced dead at 1.08pm.
The cause and manner of death for the pair is pending the findings of a medical examiner.
The prosecutor is asking anyone with information on the victims' deaths to get in touch.