A Dartmouth grad student has been found dead in the Connecticut River, after going missing last week. Police say they don't suspect foul play, based on their preliminary investigation.
Kexin Cai was last seen in West Lebanon, late in the afternoon of May 15. Investigators believed that she left her apartment on an e-bike.
Police say they received information on Monday morning that someone saw her bike at the Boston Lot Conservation area. Authorities narrowed their search to that area and the nearby Wilder Dam.
Late Monday afternoon, emergency personnel turned their attention to an area of the Connecticut River in Windsor, Vt., after receiving a report from a fisherman. Police say they retrieved a body from the river, later identified as Cai, around 5:30 p.m.
According to The Dartmouth student newspaper, the university sent a campus-wide safety alert on Saturday morning informing students to be on the lookout for Cai.
The Lebanon Police Department said they worked with Dartmouth Safety and Security, New Hampshire Fish and Game and other partners on the search.
"The Lebanon and Hanover communities came together with many good Samaritans requesting to help in the search," police said.
