Body found in Charles River by BU rowing coach

Massachusetts State Police officers recovered the body of an unidentified male from the Charles River Wednesday morning after a Boston University rowing coach reported it, officials said.

The body was found floating near the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge at around 8 a.m. and has yet to be identified, said MSP Trooper Thomas Murphy.

Suffolk County District Attorney spokesman Jake Wark said a BU coach discovered the body in the water and notified officials.

MSP Marine Unit officers arrived on scene near the bridge and recovered the body from the water.

“Massachusetts State Police assigned to the Marine Unit, Troop H and the Suffolk County State Police Detective Unit responded to the scene and recovered the remains of an adult male,” Wark said in an email statement. “The man’s age and identity have not yet been determined, but the preliminary evidence suggests that it is not that of the missing Brown University student about whom some of you have asked.”

Wark said the cause of death was not apparent. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy.

MSP officials and the Suffolk DA’s office will conduct an investigation, according to an MSP follow-up tweet from 11:33 a.m.

No further details were immediately available.

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