The body of a six-year-old boy was found in Oregon's Yaquina Bay after a mother called cops to say she'd thrown her son off a bridge, officials said early Tuesday. Authorities mounted an intensive search, with two Coast Guard vessels and a helicopter backing up the local fire department and first responders, following the mother's report late Monday to police in Newport, Oregon - about 130 miles from Portland.
Coast Guard spokesman Jonathan Klingenberg said early Tuesday that a boy's body had been recovered. He said a good Samaritan had called in after spotting a body from the restaurant and lounge of the Yaquina Bay Bridge, prompting the Coast Guard's 25-foot vessel and Fire Department to zero in on the location. 'The fire department got there first and recovered the body,' he told NBC News. 'It's absolutely a tragedy. Most of us all have families.' NBC station KGW reported the body was located in the water near the Embarcadero Resort and that police have detained the boy's mother.
SOCIAL - Cassandra Vinograd
First published November 4 2014, 1:05 AM
Entities 0 Name: Coast Guard Count: 3 1 Name: Oregon Count: 2 2 Name: Yaquina Bay Count: 1 3 Name: KGW Count: 1 4 Name: Jonathan Klingenberg Count: 1 5 Name: Fire Department Count: 1 6 Name: Newport Count: 1 7 Name: NBC Count: 1 8 Name: Cassandra Vinograd First Count: 1 9 Name: Portland Count: 1 10 Name: Yaquina Bay Bridge Count: 1 Related 0 Url: http://ift.tt/1oedAz7 Title: Oregon: Woman tells police she tossed child off bridge Description: (CNN) -- Authorities searched the frigid water under Oregon's Yaquina Bay after a woman told police she tossed her 6-year-old boy off the bay bridge. The woman called police around 6:30 p.m. Monday "saying she threw her child over the side," Newport Police Chief Mark J. Miranda said.
