Body Recovered from Hudson River

The body of an as-yet unidentified female was recovered from the Hudson River, the Newark Star-Ledger reported Wednesday.

The body was discovered among some rocks near 158th Street at about 1:30 p.m., according to a Port Authority spokesman. No determination of the age of the female or how long the body may have been in the water has been made, according to the report.

The area was part of the river searched last month, after Hillsborough student Paige Aiello went missing on April 9 and her purse was found on the George Washington Bridge. She had apparently taken a family car to New Brunswick, and then gone into New York's Penn Station by train.

Her family has offered a reward for any information regarding her whereabouts, and on several occasions, friends organized searches and handed out fliers in hopes of finding out more about her whereabouts.

Anyone with information about Aiello’s whereabouts should contact the Hillsborough Township Police Department at 908-369-4323, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office at 908-575-3300, the Somerset County Crime Stoppers’ Tip Line at 1-888-577-TIPS(8477) or online at www.888577tips.org or www.scpo.net and click on either “Crime Stoppers” or “TIPS HOTLINE”. All calls are confidential.