OC: Body of Missing PA Man Located

OCEAN CITY, MD – On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, Ocean City police responded to the Ocean City Inlet for a report of a body in the water. The body, which was recovered by the United States Coast Guard, was confirmed to be that of missing 37-year-old James Benjamin Lenhart of Souderton, PA.

Lenhart was last seen in the area of Caroline Street at approximately 11:30 p.m. on September 5, 2015. Officers broadcasted a description and initiated a search for Lenhart. Coast Guard Sector Baltimore launched a boat crew and a crew aboard a helicopter to aid in the search. Maryland State Police Trooper 4 and Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police also assisted in the search for Lenhart.

Lenhart’s body has been sent to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of Maryland for autopsy where the cause and manner of death will be determined.