Shelton “Shawn” Grant

There’s a possibility that a body found in the Hudson River near Troy could be Shelton “Shawn” Grant.

Police Pulling Body Out of Hudson River

Crews are on the scene at 1 Madison Street in Troy where police are pulling a body out of the Hudson River. Police say the body is that of a man. A passerby spotted the body in the river, in the South End of Troy near Bruno Machinery.Police say the body is badly decomposed, but there is still some clothing and jewelery. They say that should help them make a positive Identification. An autopsy is scheduled for Sunday.http://www.cbs6albany.com/news/river_1254290___article.html/hudson_body.htmlMan’s Body Found in Troy, Homicide Investigation Starts

NEWS10 was following breaking news out of Troy where the discovery of a body was made late this afternoon. The discovery was in the Hudson River, right where Madison Street meets the River.Police say a man walking his dog stumbled upon the decomposed body of a black male around 3:45p.m. The level of decompostion made his age undeterminable at the scene, but the body was said to be in good enough condition to provide the victim’s identity. There were also several identifiable items on the body’s person that police say will help in naming the victim, including jewelry, clothing and a belt.Police have also said that a homicide investigation will begin in relation to the discovery. According to authorities, the body was actually weighed down in the river with cinder blocks. This was all the information available at the time.

Stay with The News Station as we will have more on this story in the coming hours.

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Police Plan Release of Surveillance Footage in Rainwalker Case

Cambridge-Greenwich Police have been looking for 12-year-old Jaliek Rainwalker for nearly five months without any luck.

Now, investigators say they plan on releasing some surveillance footage to the public in the hope of generating new leads.

They believe the footage show’s Rainwalker’s adoptive father, Stephen Kerr, driving around Greenwich on the night the boy vanished.

Chief George Bell says, “We have a piece of video from a Glens Falls National Bank here on Main Street in Greenwich that shows a van similar to what Stephen was using the night Jaliek went missing.”

On Friday morning, Bell and other officers from his department met with members of the New York State Police, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and New York Forest Rangers to discuss the Rainwalker case.

There’s still pending legal action against Chief Bell and his department for their February 7th search of Stephen Kerr’s parents’ home at 11 Hill Street in Greenwich.

Kerr and his attorney allege that that search was an improper one.

Chief Bell tells FOX23 News that there’s a court hearing scheduled for May 1st and he’s confident that a judge will throw the case out.

The items seized during that raid are still being analyzed and so are the seven letters that were mailed to the media in late January claiming that Rainwalker is still alive.

Bell says the United States Secret Service is working to try to lift fingerprints from the stamps.

The warming weather also means new hope in the search for Rainwalker.

Chief Bell tells us ground searches will start again in April.

The spring searches will rely most on volunteers.

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