Troopers Conducting Death Investigation After Body Found Along Delaware River

Location:
Finn's Point, New Castle County, DE

Date of Occurrence:
Tuesday, April 9, 2013, at approximately 9 p.m.

Resume:
Finn's Point – Troopers are conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered washed ashore along the Delaware River this evening.

At approximately 9 p.m. a person walking along Finn's Point, an area along the eastern shore of the Delaware River, discovered a body. Members of the Pennsville Police Department responded to the scene, and determined that the body was in a section of Finn's Point that is part of Delaware.

The body will be removed from the scene and turned over to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where an autopsy will be performed in order to determine the deceased's identity, and cause and manner of death.