Bristol Fire Department retrieves body from water on Hope Street
Heavy police presence was seen near Hope Street in the area of The Lobster Pot restaurant on Thursday afternoon, investigating what appeared to be a body recovered from the water.
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Bristol Fire Department retrieves body from water on Hope Street
BRISTOL — Multiple Bristol Police vehicles and officers were seen near the Lobster Pot restaurant at the intersection of Hope and High Streets on Thursday afternoon after a body was recovered from the water.
According to Major Brian Burke of the the Bristol Police, they received a call about a body in the water near the Lobster Pot, and they reached out to the Bristol Fire Department, which retrieved the body, and the Portsmouth Police Detective unit, which is handling the investigation.
The Portsmouth Police Detective Division identfied the deceased as Laura Ward, 39, of Prudence Island.
Ward had been missing since the night of Dec. 6, after she had entered the water from the Prudence Island Ferry, police said.
A search for the woman, who witnesses stated had climbed the railing before falling into the water, was launched immediately and went on throughout the following day, but was suspended and turned into a recovery effort later that evening.
This story will be updated as information becomes available.
