Boston police and firefighters suspended the search around 3:30 a.m. last night for a naked woman who reportedly jumped into Jamaica Pond and disappeared.

According to a Boston police spokesperson, witnesses at the scene said they saw a woman who entered the pond, but then lost sight of her. By 11 p.m., firefighters cleared the scene, leaving police to continue the search.

Witnesses told police they saw the woman enter the pond from the side closest to Brookline. There were dive teams, police boats and approximately 20 emergency response vehicles at the scene, but the divers had not entered the water as of 10:30 p.m.. A lighting truck circled the pond along a walkway to illuminate the water for searchers.


Quincy Police also responded to the scene with a dive team and sonar equipment, according to the Boston Fire Department.

Searchers requested helicopters from the Massachusetts State Police and Coast Guard, but the evening’s severe weather kept them grounded, according to police.

Formed by a glacier, the 60-acre Jamaica Pond reaches a depth of 53 feet, making dives and searches difficult.

Despite the depth of the water, drownings are relatively rare in Jamaica Pond. In 2007, a Roxbury woman drowned in the pond while her horrified son watched from the shore. In 2005, a walker spotted a fully clothed man struggling in the water and crying for help. His body was later found by first responders at the scene. In 1990, a Jamaica Plain man drowned in the water after suffering an undisclosed medical problem.