Residents in community rattled after man’s body was found in a creek
By Caroline Foreback, Adam Thompson
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (WJZ) — A man was found dead in a creek in a quiet Annapolis neighborhood on Sunday, August 10, prompting police to investigate.
Residents in the Hillsmere Shores community found a man unresponsive in Duvall Creek near the kayak launch.
“We have some other neighbors who are regular swimmers in our creek, and they were arriving for their morning swim on Sunday, and I believe they were the ones who alerted the emergency folks,” a resident told WJZ.
Maryland Natural Resources Police officers and Anne Arundel County firefighters responded to the creek, where the body of a 51-year-old man from Annapolis was recovered.
Officers said the man’s backpack and other personal items were found on shore.
“I think we’re all just puzzled and we wish we knew more,” said Colleen Foley, who lives near the kayak launch.
Heartbroken neighbors
Foley told WJZ the neighborhood is heartbroken.
“It’s just so sad, and the fact that I live directly across the street, it bothered me a lot, just feeling really bad for this man and what he must have been going through. I don’t know all the details yet, but it doesn’t sound good,” Foley said
Natural Resources Police are investigating the man’s death and are working to determine what happened at the kayak launch between Saturday and Sunday morning.
“We never observed anything amiss,” a neighbor said
An autopsy is scheduled to be conducted at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore.
Body recovered from missing van in Baltimore’s harbor
In July, a man’s body was found in a submerged van in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, near the National Aquarium.
According to police, the van had been missing from Waldorf, Maryland, since 2014. The van had a logo for the Silver Taxi Cab Service in Waldorf.
Officials are unsure of how long the van had been in the water. Based on the condition of the vehicle and the body, police estimate that it was submerged for several years.
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