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Missing WV Man Kevin Roy ID’d As Body Found Near Pulaski County Campground

PULASKI, VA. (THECOUNT) — Kevin Roy, of Princeton, WV, has been identified as the man found August 23 near a Pulaski County campground.

Roy, 39, is now the subject of a death investigation conducted by the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office.

After receiving a call in reference to a missing swimmer, members of the Pulaski County Search and Rescue Team began a search of the area.

According to Lt. L.A. Nester of the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, shortly after the search began, on August 23, a body was recovered.

The body of Roy was found in the vicinity of his last seen location of Covey Campground near the Dublin area, according to Nester.

The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, Christiansburg Fire Department dive teams, Radford Fire Department, Long Shop McCoy Fire Department, and Blacksburg Fire Department, also responded to the call, according to Nester, reports BTDOnline.

Friends and family members took to Facebook to remember the beloved father of a two-week-old:

Anyone with possible information on the case is asked to contact police at 911.

Geo quick facts: Pulaski County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia. As of the 2010 census, the population was 34,872. Its county seat is Pulaski. Pulaski County is part of the Blacksburg–Christiansburg–Radford, VA Metropolitan Statistical Area – Wikipedia.

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