Tuesday, May 7, 2013

DEATH RULED A SUICIDE

UPDATE: DEATH OF FREDERICK CO. MAN FOUND YESTERDAY RULED A SUICIDE

(POINT OF ROCKS, MD) – An autopsy has determined the man whose body was found in the Potomac River near Point of Rocks yesterday afternoon died as a result of a suicide.

The man is identified as Peter V. O’Connell, 54, of Frederick, Md. 


His body was found in the Potomac River in a cove in Point of Rocks State Park at about 4:00 p.m. yesterday by a bicyclist.

An autopsy was conducted today at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore. The medical examiner ruled O’Connell’s death was a suicide.
 

Submitted:
Maryland State Police

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