Philadelphia

Man's Body Turns Up in Schuylkill River

Philadelphia Police plucked a body from the Schuylkill River Tuesday morning.

The body, of a man believed to be in his late 20s, was seen floating in the water off Schuylkill Avenue, not far from Trolley Works Field in the city’s Grays Ferry neighborhood, around 10:45 a.m.

There were no visible signs of trauma to the body, which appeared to have been in the water for the past three days, said Philadelphia Police.

Police didn’t immediately have an identification for the dead man.



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