Crime & Safety

Hempstead Lake Body ID'd as Missing Homeless Woman

Catherine Brady went missing on Father's Day.

The body found floating by a fisherman Thursday evening at Hempstead Lake State Park has been identified as a homeless woman who went missing in the same area on Father's Day.

According to police, 28-year-old Catherine Brady went missing after last spotted on Father's Day in the North Pond area of Hempstead Lake State Park.

State Park Police, New York State Police and Nassau County Police had conducted multiple searches of the grounds and lake with negative results before the body was found by a fisherman in the North Pond.

Brady, who has a Garden City address, has been living in the park, according to multiple reports. 


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