Crime & Safety

Body Found Floating in Charles Near BU Bridge

The second body in as many days has been recovered from the Charles River.

For the second day in a row, a body has been found in the Charles River.

State police say the latest body was spotted by a Boston University rowing coach near the BU Bridge at about 7:25 a.m. Tuesday

Authorities have not yet released on the gender of the victim. 

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Police have shut down the right lane of the Boston University Bridge while they investigate and attempt to identify the body.

There's no word yet if the body is that of missing Boston Architectural College student Jonathan Daily. A body recovered in the Charles yesterday was determined not to be Daily. Daily has been missing since last Tuesday.

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 State Police detectives, investigators and the State Police Marine Unit, are investigating. 

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