Troopers Conducting Death Investigation After Body Found In Delaware River

Location: Delaware River south of Pea Patch Island, Delaware City, DE.

Date of Occurrence: Monday, August 5, 2013, at 6:30 a.m.

Resume: Delaware City – Troopers are conducting a death investigation after a body was discovered in the Delaware River this morning.

At approximately 6:30 a.m. a crabber located the body of a white female in the Delaware River, south of Pea Patch Island. Members of the Delaware City Fire Department brought the body to shore and State Police detectives responded to the scene.

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