Crime & Safety

NJ Police: Body Pulled From Delaware a Possible Suicide

The Maryland man's body was found in the Delaware River in Riverton.

, the 22-year-old Cockeysville, Md. man who disappeared after going for a run in Philadelphia earlier this month, may have committed suicide, New Jersey police said. 

New Jersey police spokesman Capt. Frank Davis confirmed Tuesday that it was Friend's body , on Aug. 22. Davis said drowning has been determined as the cause of death and that investigators suspect Friend committed suicide.

Friend, a recent Temple University graduate and a former Dulaney High School student, was last seen by security cameras jogging near the 1700 block of Wilmington Street in Philadelphia on Aug. 18. 

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 reported that Friend might have been distressed about rent due on a rowhouse shared with others. The Sun stated he wrote “Sorry guys” to his roommates on a whiteboard.


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