On Monday September 18th at approximately 9:45 a.m. Amsterdam Police recovered the body of missing person, James H. Gardner, from the waters of the Mohawk River. His body was recovered in close proximity to Lock 11 on the New York State Canal system. Gardner, 71 years of age, was reported missing from his residence to Amsterdam Police on the morning of Friday September the 15th. At the time Mr. Gardner was reported missing an extensive search of the area was conducted by members of the Amsterdam Police Department, Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, and the New York State Police. Also deployed during that search were search and rescue K-9 units from New York State Fire.
The search for Mr. Gardner continued through the following three days. During that time resources were called upon from: the NYSP Under Water Recovery Team who assisted with the use of sonar, the Albany County Fire Coordinator who deployed their bloodhound K-9 unit, boats, personnel, and equipment were all put to use from the Amsterdam Fire Department, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Management from Montgomery, Schoharie, and Fulton Counties, Schonowe Fire Company and the Rotterdam Junction Fire Department.
Amsterdam Police detectives were present when Mr. Gardner’s body was recovered. There are no signs of foul playobserved in this investigation.
