The body of a missing man who had been the subject of a days-long search in the Greater Miami River in downtown Dayton was recovered Sunday morning. The body was located downstream in the town of Moraine and retrieved by crews from the Moraine Fire and Police Department after a 911 call reported a body in the water, according to a Dayton Fire Department release.
Previous Coverage: DFD suspends search for missing person on Great Miami River. The mode switches to recovery Moraine police confirmed the body was recovered shortly after 9 a.m. between the Main Street overpass and the West Carrollton low dam. The fire department says the man has been positively identified as the missing person reportedly went into the water near W. Monument Avenue early Friday morning. The family had previously identified the missing man, but formal identification is pending an investigation by the Montgomery County Medical Examiner’s Office. Crews from the Dayton Fire Department’s water rescue team spent about 20 hours searching in and around the water near the original incident site and upstream over the past three days. We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more. ORIGINAL REPORT: An investigation is underway after the body of a dead man was recovered from the Greater Miami River Sunday morning. The Moraine Police Department confirmed the body was recovered shortly after 9 a.m. between the Main Street overpass and the West Carrollton low dam. The man’s identity has not been confirmed and is currently being investigated by Five Rivers Metroparks and the Montgomery County Medical Examiner’s Office, police said. Additional details were not immediately available. We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more. ©2022 Cox Media Group
