Body Pulled From NJ River Identified as Wall Street Journal Reporter Who Vanished on Walk in 2014

A body pulled from a New Jersey river late Wednesday afternoon has been identified as the 55-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter who disappeared more than a year ago while out on a walk, authorities say.

Prosecutors said the medical examiner's office was able to confirm the body as David Bird, an energy markets reporter who vanished in January 2014, using dental records.

His remains were pulled from a section of the Passaic River bordering Somerset and Morris counties about a mile from Hick's Tract Park, one of Bird's favorite walking spots. Two men canoeing in that part of the river came across a red jacket near branches Wednesday and notified police .... http://www.nbcnewyork.com