Police: Mo. bridge jumpers likely father, daughter
Mar 22, 2013, 2:56 PM
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Kansas City police say a father and daughter are presumed dead after they jumped, holding hands, from a highway bridge into the frigid Missouri River.
The Kansas City Star (
http://bit.ly/16Nh281) reports witnesses told police two people got out of a truck around 11:35 a.m. Thursday, climbed over the railing on the Christopher S. Bond Bridge, and jumped into the water 120 feet below.
Police say the woman was holding something in a blanket that initially was thought to be a baby but more likely was the family’s Chihuahua.
The victims are believed to be a father in his 50s and daughter in her 30s who lived in a mobile home in a rural area south of Kansas City.
The bodies have not been recovered.
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Information from: The Kansas City Star,
http://www.kcstar.com
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