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Boat Assists With Body Recovery In Conestoga River
June 29th, 2009, 10:49 PM
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| LT Paul Castliine and Safety officer Nick Jabbour await State Police Divers. |
MONDAY JUNE 30, 2009 - Boat 6-6 was dispatched at 6:21 p.m. to assist Lafayette Fire Company and Lancaster City Police recover a body in the Conestoga river behind Conestoga View Nursing Home on East King St.
Firefighters used both LTFD boats to ferry Lancaster City Police officers, State Police Divers and Deputy Coroner to where the body was discovered in the river.
After the police investigation, the body was placed in a floating stokes basket and transferred to the boat launch site.
After the recovery operation was completed, all equipment was decontaminated by Lafayette firefighters.
Units returned to service at 10:46 p.m.
Fishermen find body in Conestoga
No identification yet
BY JENNIFER TODD, Staff Writer, Intel/New Era
A body pulled from the Conestoga River Monday night had been in the water for a long time, making it difficult for investigators to immediately determine whether the deceased is a male or female, city police said.
Sgt. Mark Radmore said the body, discovered by fishermen around 6 p.m., appears to have been in the water for more than a week and is "severely decomposed."
"At this point, all we know is we have a deceased body," Radmore said. "Beyond that, we have a lot to piece together. It may take a couple days to make a positive identification."
He said an autopsy will likely be completed today. County coroner Stephen Diamantoni was at the scene Monday night.
The partially clothed body, which Radmore said appears to be that of an adult, was found floating facedown in the water in the 400 block of South Conestoga Drive, in the area of Betz Road, in Lancaster Township.
Although there did not appear to be any signs of foul play, Radmore said the area where the body was found was being treated as a crime scene Monday night. City detectives and state police forensic specialists collected evidence within an approximately 30-yard area along the river bank.
Radmore said emergency personnel had to navigate a steep bank to reach the body.
A member of the state police dive team was assisted by crews from Lafayette and Lancaster Township fire companies in removing the body from the water, police said.
Radmore said he was not immediately aware of any recent reports of missing persons in the area. He said recent rains could have helped wash the body downriver from another location.
South Conestoga Road from Chesapeake Street to Betz Road was closed for much of the evening.
Person pulled from river identified
Woman missing for three weeks
BY JENNIFER TODD, Staff Writer
A body pulled from the Conestoga River on Monday night has been identified as a Lancaster woman who had been missing for three weeks, city police said Tuesday.
Mary A. Nguyen, 77, had not been seen since she left the Office of the Aging, 150 N. Queen St., at about 9 a.m. on June 8, police said.
Family members told police that Nguyen suffered from dementia.
Officials were able to identify her remains Tuesday through dental records, Lancaster County coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said.
Nguyen lived in the 100 block of Garden City Drive, which is a short distance from where her body was found.
An autopsy conducted Tuesday showed no signs of foul play and indicated freshwater drowning as the cause of death, Diamantoni said.
A ruling on the manner of death will be made after completion of toxicology reports, possibly in two to three weeks, he said. Nguyen's body was discovered by fishermen shortly after 6 p.m. Monday near South Conestoga Drive, just north of Betz Road in Lancaster Township.
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