HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. (CBSNewYork) — Police are searching for a missing College of New Jersey student after her purse, identification and cell phone were found near the George Washington Bridge.

Paige Aiello was reported missing after a passer-by called her parents to say she found Aiello’s belongings on the south walkway of the bridge Tuesday evening, the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office said.

The college senior, who commutes to school from her home in Hillsborough, was last seen by her father Christopher Aiello around 1 p.m. Tuesday.

About two hours later, the prosecutor’s office said Aiello’s mother noticed her car had been taken without her permission.

“She wasn’t answering her phone,” Christopher Aiello told 1010 WINS’ Steve Sandberg. “Came home and found out she had taken the car.”

Authorities said the car was found at a parking garage near a train station in a New Brunswick several hours later. However, the keys to the car were found with Aiello’s purse and other belongings near the George Washington Bridge.

NYPD Harbor units scanned the waters of the Hudson River, but did not find anything.

Christopher Aiello said he had been briefed by the Port Authority Police Thursday afternoon that no witnesses had reported seeing anyone jumping from the bridge.

“There’s live feeds on the bridge, but they do not record anything so that was a little troubling when we heard that today,” he told WCBS 880’s Wayne Cabot.