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Search Team Pulls Body From Schuylkill River

UPDATE: The body was identified as missing teacher Christopher Tully, according to family members and police. DETAILS HERE


Searchers pulled a man’s body from the Schuylkill River Sunday afternoon.

Members of the Greater Philadelphia Search & Rescue team made the grisly discovery around 1:20 p.m. in the water off Kelly Drive near the Falls Bridge in East Falls, said Philadelphia Police.

The unidentified man’s body was caught in some tree roots along the river bank, said police.

Police didn’t reveal when the deceased man will be identified.

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