Editor s note:Â This story has been updated with more details provided by police.Â
Human bones were discovered on a small outcropping in the Susquehanna River on Monday morning, according to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni.
The skeletal remains appeared to have been washed up on a small, unnamed island in the river north of Ely Island, about a mile and a half south of Koser Park in Conoy Township, Diamantoni said.Â
A boater had found the remains on Sunday, July 25, according to Susquehanna Township Regional Police said.Â
Three large bones, jeans, a brown leather belt, a fishing lure, Bic lighter and a small silver pocket knife were found with the remains, according to police.Â
Central Pa. man found in Susquehanna River died from accidental drowning: report
Updated Feb 17, 2021;
The death of a Mechanicsburg man who drowned in the Susquehanna River last month has been ruled accidental, according to a report from LancasterOnline.
Eric Bieber, chief deputy of the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office, previously confirmed the body was identified as Benjamin M. Shambaugh of Mechanicsburg. The 36-year-old had died by freshwater drowning, but the manner of death was not released at the time.
On Wednesday, Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni told LancasterOnline that Shambaugh’s death has been ruled accidental.
Shambaugh’s body was found around 10:36 a.m. Jan. 15, by a fisherman near Koser Park in Conoy Township, Susquehanna Regional Police previously reported.
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