7:39 AM: Seattle Fire has a water-rescue response heading toward the Duwamish River under the West Seattle Bridge. Police are already searching under the bridge. This follows the discovery of an abandoned car on the shoulder of the crest of the high bridge’s eastbound side, and a report that someone might have jumped.
7:51 AM: So far they’re not finding anyone on land or in the water; the car apparently was first seen on the bridge at least an hour ago. It’s believed to have been driven by a 24-year-old woman.
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8:05 AM: SFD, SPD, and the Coast Guard are all searching, both with boats and with rescue swimmers and divers in the water.
8:20 AM: Divers and swimmers have been in the water for half an hour with nothing/no one found, so they’re ending the search. Police are trying other ways to see if the woman who would have been driving the car is safe somewhere.
11:01 AM MONDAY: SPD Harbor Patrol has told dispatch they’re recovering a body. We won’t know for sure if it’s the woman they were looking for until this appears on the Medical Examiner’s daily list, which isn’t likely before tomorrow.
3:35 PM TUESDAY: The ME’s list confirms the body they found was that of the woman they were looking for.
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