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UPDATED: Stratford Police: Body of Hamden Woman Found at Short Beach

Police found the body at noon on Friday.

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UPDATED: Stratford Police have named the 40-year-old woman found in the water at Short Beach around noon on Friday as Amy Golda from Hamden, Connecticut. She was reported missing yesterday. 

The cause of death is unconfirmed and investigations are ongoing.

Short Beach is not closed, but police remain on the scene.

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Golda was the director of fine arts for the Hamden Public School system.


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