Update: Body of Missing Scarsdale Doctor Found in Bronx

New York City police have found the body of Mona Shimshi Greenberg, the Scarsdale doctor and mother of two who suddenly went missing on Sunday.

Shimshi, 55, was found dead in the water of the Eastchester River in the Bronx at 10:15 Wednesday, in the vicinity of where police recovered her vehicle, an NYPD spokesperson said.

"There was no obvious sign of trauma but the medical examiner will determine the cause of death," the spokesperson said.

The doctor's abandoned Honda CRV was found near a Pelham Bay police shooting range on Tuesday morning. 

Shimshi, an endocrinologist who worked in Bridgeport, Conn. and the Bronx, was reported missing on Sunday afternoon by her husband, who told Scarsdale police she never returned home after running errands.

According to earlier news reports, her husband, Mark Greenberg, received a text message prior to contacting police in which she wrote simply, "Goodbye."  

Scarsdale Police assisted in the case and Sgt. Michael Rosetti confirmed the circumstances of the discovery.

A woman who answered the door at the Greenberg's home said the family was asking for privacy and friends of the family declined to comment.

Bridgeport Hospital spokesperson John Cappiello said the hospital is "trying to get the word out to everybody and provide the necessary grief counseling, support and assistance for our employees at this stage."

He added: "Obviously our thoughts and prayers remain with Dr. Shimshi's family at this very difficult time. We're still trying to comprehend all this and cope with it best we can."

Neighbors of the Greenbergs reacted with shock, saying the family was well-known in the Heathcote neighborhood where they raised a son and daughter on Carthage Road.

Dog walkers were especially familiar with Mona Shimshi Greenberg, remarking that she was often a friendly face to encounter during strolls.

One neighbor said he would attend the shiva when they began the Jewish mourning period for Shimshi Greenberg.

"She didn't look depressed to me. It's so sad, terrible. I just can't believe it," Steve Levine said. "I just can't believe she would leave her family like that.

"I'm a big walker so we would run into each other a lot on the street," he added, and has known her through the neighborhood for 15 years. "Everything seemed fine," he said. He would see her walking her brown mixed-breed dog roughly three times a week. "She's always cheerful. She was very nice."

Six months ago, he said, her daughter was married.

"We had a whole talk about her daughter getting married," he said. His own son used to play with her son, now a senior in college, when they were little, he said.

"If there's a shiva here, I'll certainly go," Levine said.

Long-time neighbor John Grosz saw her a few days before she went missing and said she seemed fine. "Whenever I see Mona, she's walking her dog and I'm a dog lover too," he said. "Our dogs used to love each other. She was very friendly every time I saw her."

Others wondered if there weren't signs something was wrong. Greg Root, another neighbor, said his wife saw Shimshi walking her dog shortly before her disappearance on Sunday, at 12 p.m. His wife described her – to him – as looking harried and worn out. On Monday, a detective questioned his wife and informed the family Shimshi had disappeared, he said.

 Root has lived across the street from them since 1997.

 "What a shame," he said. 

Barry Peretz, who lives nearby, said many in the neighborhood had the same reaction – confusion and surprise. 

"It's a terrible thing. We've known them for many years, [though] we've never been close. Possibly she reached a point in her life that she couldn't take it anymore," he said.

"You never know what goes on behind closed doors."