Body of Local Girl Found on Beach

FIRST DAY BREAKING STORY

AMITY, Mass. — The mangled body of a young girl was found on South Beach today after she was reported missing earlier this morning.

Wendy W. Watson, 16, reportedly went missing last night after 11 p.m. after she went skinny dipping. She and a male companion left the close-by beach party alone and were inebriated, according to witnesses.

When Watson, a sophomore at Amity High School, did not return from the water, the unidentified male went to the police at approximately 3 a.m. He had passed out earlier.

Watson’s washed up body was later recovered by an Amity deputy officer.

According to Chief of Police Martin P. Brody, a possible cause of death was a shark attack. Watson’s body lies in the coroner’s office awaiting an autopsy.

Meanwhile, though a shark attack has not been ruled out and an intensive investigation is pending, Brody assured residents there is no danger on local beaches.