Massachusetts State Police investigating incident where woman dies after bridge jump

Officials are investigating after a woman was found dead after jumping from a bridge in Massachusetts.

According to Dave Procopio of Massachusetts State Police, State Police, Cambridge Police and Fire, and Boston Police responded to the Charles River at approximately 8:30 p.m. last night after witnesses reported seeing a female diving into the water and not re-surfacing. After nearly three hours of searching for the woman, the Cambridge Fire Department’s Marine Unit located and recovered her body at 11:12 p.m..

Preliminary investigation indicates that the woman was observed by witnesses lying on a ledge of the John W. Weeks Bridge in Cambridge. Witnesses, who were walking across the bridge at the time, then observed her dive into the water. After she was recovered from the river, obviously deceased, she was transported by the medical examiner’s office to its facility and will undergo a postmortem examination.

The woman has been identified as 32 years old. She was not a permanent resident of Massachusetts, according to Procopio. Next of kin have not been notified at this time and her name is not being released.

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will make a determination regarding her cause and manner of death. The death investigation is being conducted by the State Police Detective Unit for Suffolk County and Troop H of the Massachusetts State Police.