UPDATE: Body Found in Napa River ID'd as Missing Jet Skier

Updated at 12:25 p.m.

The Napa County Sheriff’s Office has identified a body found in the Napa River on Thursday morning as Kelly May, 48, a jet ski rider reported missing Wednesday.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Foster said May suffered significant head trauma, but the cause and manner of her death will be determined after an autopsy Monday.

May left her Napa home at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and was reported missing at 10 p.m., U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Marcia Medina said.

Her body was found at 7:42 a.m. Thursday in the water near the west bank of the river near the Brazos Drawbridge between state Highways 37 and 12, Medina said.

May was moving her jet ski from her home to a trailer at a boat launch, Medina said. The jet ski was found Wednesday night.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew, Napa County sheriff’s deputies and a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew searched for the missing woman, Medina said.

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Original Story:

The body of a woman who is believed to be a missing jet skier was found on the shore of the Napa River on Thursday morning, a U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant said.

The 50-year-old woman left her Napa home at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday and was reported missing at 10 p.m., Lt. Marcia Medina said.

The woman’s body was found at 7:42 a.m. in the water near the west bank of the river near the Brazos Drawbridge between state Highways 37 and 12, Medina said.

The jet ski was found Wednesday night, Medina said.

A Coast Guard and helicopter crew, Napa County sheriff’s deputies and a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew searched for the woman, Medina said.

It has not been confirmed that the body is that of the missing woman, Medina said.

--Bay City News Service, photo via Wiki Commons