Man's body found in Christiana River in Delaware

Saturday, August 13, 2016
NEWPORT, Del. (WPVI) -- Delaware State Police are investigating a gruesome find in Newport.

Someone found a man's body floating in the Christiana River, near the public boat ramp on Cooper Drive.
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The 911 call came in before 8 a.m. Saturday.

Emergency responders arrived on the scene and recovered the body.
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It has been turned over to the state's Division of Forensic Sciences where investigators will work to determine who the man was and how he died.
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