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Police in Israel find body they believe could be missing American student Police in Israel find body they believe could be missing American student
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Israeli police said "there is a strong possibility" they have found the body of an American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week. Israeli police believe there is "a strong possibility" they have found the body of an American seminary student who disappeared while hiking in Jerusalem last week.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the body was found in the same area where Aharon Sofer went missing. Police said the body was found in the same area where Aharon Sofer went missing. The 23-year-old from Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of the Israeli capital.
Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, New Jersey, had been hiking with a friend in a hilly, forested area on the outskirts of Jerusalem. "There is a strong possibility that it is the body of the missing student," a spokesman said, stressing that a forensics team was still trying to confirm the identification.
"There is a strong possibility that it is the body of the missing student," Rosenfeld said, stressing that a forensics team was still trying to confirm the identification. The spokesman would not elaborate or say whether there had been any signs of foul play. Police have been conducting an extensive search for Sofer, an ultra-Orthodox student at a yeshiva, or Jewish religious school, named after its founder, Rabbi Tzvi Kaplan.
Rosenfeld would not elaborate or say whether there had been any signs of foul play. Police have been conducting an extensive search for Sofer, an ultra-Orthodox student at a yeshiva – a Jewish religious school named after its founder, Rabbi Tzvi Kaplan.
Sofer's parents flew to Israel to assist with the search.Sofer's parents flew to Israel to assist with the search.