CBS News: Body Found In Jerusalem Forest Is That Of Missing NJ Student
JERUSALEM (CBSNewYork/AP) — A body found in a forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem is that of a missing yeshiva student from New Jersey, CBS News confirms.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where 23-year-old Aaron Sofer went missing last week.
Sofer, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in the Jerusalem Forest last Friday. The two apparently became separated and Sofer never emerged from the forest.
Brooklyn Assemblyman Dov Hikind said it’s a sad day for the Jewish community and called it “a tragedy for the family.”
“The initial reports are that it was not any kind of violence, that it might have just been an accident,” Hikind told WCBS 880. “But whatever it is, Aaron Sofer is no longer here.”
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