Missing Amherst woman found dead on Tuesday

Amherst, N.Y. (WBEN) – The search for an Amherst woman missing since Saturday night came to an end early Tuesday morning in East Amherst, with officials able to recover her body.

29-year-old Leah Bellitto was last seen by family in the Ransom Oaks neighborhood at around 9:15 p.m. that evening.

After assembling a search-and-rescue crew early Tuesday morning along North French Road in East Amherst, a citizen walking along the area near Dodge Road discovered her at approximately 9:55 a.m. Bellitto was found deceased in the water…

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