US | Niagara Falls Woman's Body Pulled From Niagara River No word yet on whether it is student who went over By Evann Gastaldo Posted Aug 19, 2011 7:05 AM CDT Copied Niagara Falls. (Getty Images) The search for a woman swept over Niagara Falls initially turned up a man's body—but now a woman's has been found. No word yet from the AP whether the body belongs to the 19-year-old Japanese student authorities are looking for, but it has been taken for identification and an autopsy. The body was recovered from the Niagara River yesterday morning, near the spot the student went over. Read These Next Actor Michael Madsen is dead at 67. Soccer star Diogo Jota is killed in a car crash. Who added bill's proposed tax on clean energy? No one knows. Trump gives merch to hesitating Republicans. Report an error