UPDATED May 5 with deceased s identity:
The body of an adult man that was found in the Susquehanna River Tuesday has been identified as Delmar Cornelius King, 33, of Harrisburg.
A positive identification was made by the Lancaster County Coroner based upon fingerprint comparison. The cause of death was drowning.
The last known contact with King was on March 20 in Harrisburg.
King s body was discovered at noon Tuesday along the shore on the Lancaster County side, police said in a news release.
A kayaker found the body near the Riverfront Northwest River Trail in the 500 block of Vinegar Ferry Road of East Donegal Township, police said
A man whose body was found in the Susquehanna River on Tuesday has been identified by the Lancaster County Coroner.
Delmar Cornelius King, 33, of Harrisburg, was identified as the man who was found by a kayker along the shore near the Riverfront Park section of the Northwest Lancaster County River Trail in the 500 block of Vinegar Ferry Road in East Donegal Township, south of Maytown, at around 12:22 p.m. Tuesday, said Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni. King s remains were identified using a fingerprint comparison.
An autopsy Wednesday morning determined that King died of a freshwater drowning, though his manner of death is still under investigation, Diamantoni said.