An unidentified body was found in the Dobbs Ferry waterfront on the Hudson River Saturday afternoon, prompting a response from local fire crews, EMS, and county marine officials. The man has not yet been identified, and officials are still working to determine who he was.
Dobbs Ferry fire officials say they were dispatched to the area of Half Moon Bay after a report of a man's body spotted in the water, according to News 12 Hudson Valley. Half Moon Bay sits along the Dobbs Ferry shoreline on the Hudson, a stretch of waterfront popular with walkers and boaters.
EMS Pronounces Man Dead at the Scene
EMS personnel pronounced the man dead and he was brought to the docks, the outlet reported. The Westchester County Marine Unit then took custody of the remains and turned them over to the medical examiner's office, which will be responsible for further examination.
The county Marine Unit’s role extends beyond recovering remains: it provides maritime safety and security coverage along Westchester’s Hudson River shoreline and supports local agencies during emergencies. In 2023, the unit logged more than 7,300 hours of marine law-enforcement activity and conducted 99 search-and-rescue missions involving vessels or swimmers in distress, the county’s annual report records.
As of Saturday afternoon, officials said they were still working to identify the person, per the same report. No further details on the man's identity had been released.
New York law provides a formal process for identifying people whose deaths require medical-examiner or coroner inquiry and who remain unidentified. The county medical examiner must send fingerprints and other identifying information, including the date and place of death, to the state and the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System; the law also calls for a dental examination. Those records can be compared with missing-person information to help establish an identity, under Section 838 of New York’s Executive Law.
Cause of Death Not Yet Known
The cause of death was not immediately known as investigators continued their work. Hoodline will update this story as more information becomes available.
