Body Found in Nassau

By CATHERINE SAGER
NASSAU    

 Body found in Nassau

Klippert, who lived on Lenox Road in the village, has been missing since a September 22 accident on Columbia Turnpike in which a 19-year-old pedestrian was struck and suffered a broken leg. He was found in a tree in Nassau where he apparently hanged himself shortly after the accident. There was no question that Klipert hit the pedestrian because the victim's glasses were still caught under the car's windshield wipers.

According to witnesses, he parked the car immediately after the collision and walked away.

Shortly after the accident, the case turned into a search for Klippert as a missing person, which led police to carry out two concentrated search with bloodhounds other K-9 units in the area around his home. The searches yielded no evidence of Klippert.

''They will likely have to use dental records or DNA for a positive identification,'' Christopher Lavin, East Greenbush police chief told the Times Union.

Due to the condition of the body, it is possible that the remains have been in the woods since the September accident.

The body was discovered hanging from a tree early Monday morning on John Street in the Village of Nassau, in the woods close to the Nassau Post Office. While walking her dog in the woods, a woman called State Police in Schodack, to report finding the body. East Greenbush Police were brought in to assist in the investigation since the original accident happened on Columbia Turnpike near the Schodack town line

Klippert was last seen walking at Eleanor Square, 3531 Route 20, after abandoning his car Lavin said. A spot  less then a mile from where the body was found.