Body Pulled From Delaware River In Northeast Philadelphia

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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Police are investigating the discovery of a body in the Delaware River in Northeast Philadelphia.

Police say the body of an unidentified male was pulled from the river around 8 a.m. Saturday in front of the Quaker City Yacht Club near Princeton Avenue and I-95.

The body was taken to the medical examiner’s office for identification.

Authorities could not confirm if the body was that of a 15-year-old boy who disappeared Tuesday while swimming with friends in the Pennypack Creek (Read related story).