NORTHAMPTON — Police are investigating the discovery of a body found by a boater around 6 p.m. Friday in the Connecticut River, according to a press release from the office of Northwestern District Attorney David E. Sullivan.
The boater summoned emergency help when he discovered the body, and then stayed with the body to help police find it. A Northampton Police Department dispatcher was able to trace the phone call to find the boater about a mile and a half south of the Coolidge Bridge, near the Rainbow Beach area. Members of the Northampton Police Department and the Northampton Fire Department responded by boat and recovered the body, a male.
The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner is investigating cause of death and identification of the body. Additional investigation by the Northampton Police Department and the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office is ongoing. No additional information is available at this time.