NYU Student Was Found Dead At Bottom Of 90-Ft. Hudson Valley Cliff

TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK, NY — The search for a missing NYU student came to a tragic conclusion in an isolated area of Ulster County.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says that on May 15, around 7 a.m., New York University Campus Safety contacted Ray Brook Dispatch about a 20-year-old student who had been last seen on May 12.

His roommate told authorities that the missing student had been upset when he left, and had sent a photo of himself hiking on the Shawangunk Ridge the following day, according to officials.

NYSDEC rangers, along with New York State Police and NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, initiated a search.

By 1:45 p.m., state police were using K9s, drones and a helicopter. At 2:45 p.m., crews located the student's body below the cliff line of Gertrude's Nose trail.

Rangers and Parks staff then set up a high angle rope recovery to raise the body up the 90-foot cliff.

Once at the top, crews carried the student's body about one mile out of the woods where they met with the Ulster County Medical Examiner.

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