Body found in Willamette River near downtown Portland

Body found in Willamette River near downtown Portland

Multnomah County sheriff’s deputies were working to recover a body found in the Willamette River just north of the Steel Bridge on Saturday afternoon — the fifth to be found in the river in the past month.

Deputies recover 5th body from Willamette River in downtown Portland

A body is being recovered from the Willamette River, north of the Portland Steel Bridge on Saturday afternoon, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.

2nd body found in Willamette River in Portland Saturday

Around 2:10 p.m., there was a report of a body found in the Willamette River, north of Steel Bridge.