Two bodies recovered from the Hudson River near Jersey City on July 4

The first was discovered by authorities responding around 7:30 a.m. to reports of a woman’s body in the water near the end of Morris Canal Park, according to the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office.

Then, around five hours later, police received a call about another body in the Morris Canal, which is around 50 feet from where the woman was discovered, prosecutors said.

The Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide Unit and the Jersey City Police Department launched an investigation into the deaths.

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