Police identify body found in river

Boater finds man's body in St. Johns River near Mayport

MAYPORT, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office has identify the body that was found Thursday night in the St. Johns River near Mayport as that of a 53-year-old man who fell off a dock last Saturday.

Police told Channel 4 Thursday that a boater found Bryan Roberts' body and called police.

"This afternoon a boater in the river observed what he thought was a body in the river," said Sgt. Craig Waldrup. "(He) went to (the) Coast Guard station, they notified us, and (we) went and recovered the body in the river."

Investigators said no fould play is suspected in Roberts' death. They said Roberts fell into the water across the river last weekend by Sister's Creek.

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"Hadn't hear anything about it but it was a matter of time. Real nice guy, haven't heard anything bad about him," said Ben Davis.

Davis is the park manager at River Front RV Park. Davis told Channel 4 that the man's family had been out looking by the river every day hoping to find him.

The Medical Examiner identified the body.


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