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 Big Bang Theory star reveals his 'masked vigilante thing.' Patrick Dempsey, Shonda Rhimes pay tribute to Eric Dane. How Reuters captured photo that will haunt the ex-prince forever. Somebody gave Osaka a pile of gold to pay for fixing old pipes. Report an error