The body of a missing Dartmouth college was found in the Connecticut River on Monday, days after she was last seen disappearing into a wood.
Kexin Cai, 26, was first reported missing last Friday two days after a final confirmed sighting in Lebanon, New Hampshire.
She had left her home on Drake Lane on the Wednesday afternoon on an electric bike, according to local police.
Investigators managed to secure footage from two different businesses showing her riding her bike toward West Lebanon.
On Monday, cops said a motorist had possibly seen the E-bike at the Boston Lot Conservation wooded area on either Thursday or Friday morning with a search then being concentrated in the area.
Kexin Cai, 26, was first reported missing last Friday after being last seen on the Wednesday prior in Lebanon, New Hampshire
On Monday, cops said a motorist had possibly seen the E-bike at the Boston Lot Conservation area, seen here
Local police, Dartmouth Safety and Security, New England K-9, Dhart Helicopter, and the NH Fish and Game Department assisted in the search for Kexin.
Around 4pm on Monday, a fisherman alerted authorities to a sighting along the Connecticut River in Windsor, Vermont.
Emergency services were able to retrieve a body that was later identified as Cai, bringing her to shore shortly after 5:30pm.
Lebanon Police Department said there was no suggestion of foul play in the incident. It remains unclear if they managed to recover her E-Bike.
DailyMail.com has contacted police for further information on the whereabouts of the bike.
The Chinese native was a second-year doctoral student in the psychological and brain sciences department at the Ivy League school.
Dean of the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies Jon Kull said her focus was on communication challenges for people with autism.
Lebanon Police Department said there was no suggestion of foul play in the incident. It remains unclear if they managed to recover her E-Bike
Around 4pm on Monday, a fisherman alerted authorities to a sighting along the Connecticut River in Windsor, Vermont, seen here
In an email sent to campus, and seen by The Dartmouth, she enjoyed hiking, skiing and road trips.
Kull wrote: ‘Kexin was an exceptionally gifted and humble researcher with a genuinely sweet personality.
‘She loved cats so much that she would sneak images of them into every poster or presentation. Kexin loved the Upper Valley.’
Cai’s partner, research assistant Kristian Droste, also told the outlet that Cai had admitted herself to the college health service due to a ‘mental health crisis’.
She was then transferred to Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center where she was released on May 15, the outlet reported.
