Cumberland County resident ID’d as man pulled from Susquehanna River
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
Authorities have identified the man whose body was found last week in the Susquehanna River.
Eric Bieber, chief deputy of the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office, confirmed that the man had been identified as 36-year-old Benjamin M. Shambaugh of Mechanicsburg. Shambaugh’s cause of death was determined to have been freshwater drowning, Bieber said, but the manner of death was currently under investigation.
Shambaugh’s body was discovered by a fisherman around 10:30 a.m. Jan. 15 a.m., near Koser Park in Conoy Township, Lancaster County.
Anyone with any information about Shambaugh is asked to contact the Susquehanna Regional Police Department at 717-464-1164.