Body Pulled From River Ruled Homicide

The body of man was pulled from the Delaware River near downtown Camden Wednesday.

The body believed to a Hispanic male in this 30s was pulled from the water near 7th Street and Erie Avenue around 10:30 a.m.

The cause of death was ruled blunt force trauma to the head and the case is being handled as a homicide, according to Camden Police.

The ID of the victim wasn’t immediately released.


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