BODY IN EAST RIVER MAY BE SPALDING GREY

(I say there, Pitumbo...get me my forensics kit... we've a body to identify...fetch me a clothespin as well...the smell is quite deplorable)

From ABC News:
(New York-WABC, March 8, 2004) — Relatives of Spalding Gray have been told by authorities that a badly decomposed body pulled from the East River yesterday may be that of the missing actor. It was found in the water off the Greenpoint section of Brooklyn, near Kent Avenue, at around 3:00 p.m. Sunday.

The body was so badly decomposed that the face was unrecognizable. Police reportedly could only say for certain is that the deceased was a white man.

The only piece of clothing that could be identified was a pair of black corduroy pants. When Gray disappeared January 10th, he was wearing black corduroy pants, a gray jacket, blue scarf, brown sweater and brown shoes.

A report from the medical examiner's office is expected to be back later today.

Witnesses have told police they saw Gray on the Staten Island Ferry the night he disappeared. His wife fears Gray, who reportedly has a history of depression and has attempted suicide before, may have jumped off the boat.