A New York school employee has been charged with murdering his sister, whose body was found in a river after a massive three-day search.
Jamie Bush, a 53-year-old middle school paraprofessional in Honeoye Falls, a village about 20 miles from Rochester, was charged Friday with the second-degree murder of his sister, Penny Bush, a 62-year-old mother of two who was last seen 12 years ago. Was seen at the age of. day before.
Monroe County Sheriff Todd Baxter told a news conference Friday that Penny Bush’s welfare check on Oct. 11 was expected to be “a normal, routine” one, but instead deputies found “some things that were weird, normal.” A search operation was launched after “were found outside”. ,
It began with a massive hunt using police search dogs and drones around the missing mother’s eight-acre property, the sheriff said.
Three days after the search began, police divers found a body in the Genesee River in Rush. On Friday it was identified as Penny Bush.
“Investigators established significant evidence and probable cause to arrest his sister, Jamie Bush, for murder,” the sheriff’s office said, without elaborating.
Baxter said the cause and motive of death were “something we will keep close to our hearts” – but “we believe this is an isolated incident among family members.”
However, police believe Jamie Bush strangled Penny, then dumped her body in the river, and hid her phones in a Dunkin’ Donuts dumpster. According to court paperwork obtained by 13-WHAM,
The sheriff praised his “swift deputies who determined that this was more than just a welfare check on an adult who was not home.”
“The determination of investigators to find leads, locate the deceased in the river and arrest his sister for the murder is remarkable,” the sheriff said.
Jamie was placed on leave from her job as a middle school paraprofessional, According to a statement from the Honeoye Falls-Lima Central School District.
Superintendent Gene Mancuso wrote, “We are shocked and saddened by the reports.”
“Although we have never faced a situation like this in our district, we are confident that, as a community, we will come together, support each other and get through these difficult times.”
Police said Penny was raised in Schenectady and spent most of her time in Texas before relocating to Monroe County about a year ago.
According to police, she had two sisters, including Jamie, and left behind two children.
Court records show Jamie was charged with murder in the second degree and two counts of tampering with physical evidence and was sent to the Monroe County Jail without bail.
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