WYANDOTTE, MI. (THECOUNT) — Patrick Fitzgerald, a Michigan man reported missing in November, has been identified as the body pulled from the Detroit River Sunday night.
The body of Fitzgerald, 49, was located after 8:30 p.m. on the shoreline in Wyandotte by fishermen.
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The following information was released in a series of tweets by the MSP Metro Detroit post’s Twitter account.
“Missing Person Update: On 11/20/18 troopers were dispatched to a abandoned vehicle on the MacArthur Bridge. USCG, DPD Harbor Master and MSP conducted a search and were not able to locate the missing driver, however some items of property were discovered floating in the river.”
“On 5/13 at approximately 8 35 PM fishermen located a body on the shoreline in Wyandotte. The male has been preliminary identified as the missing person, Patrick Fitzgerald, 49 years old. NOK have been notified.”
Missing Person Update: On 11/20/18 troopers were dispatched to a abandoned vehicle on the MacArthur Bridge. USCG, DPD Harbor Master and MSP conducted a search and were not able to locate the missing driver, however some items of property were discovered floating in the river. pic.twitter.com/k4J58cahc2
— MSP Metro Detroit (@mspmetrodet) May 13, 2019
A cause of death was not provided by officials.
Source WXYZ.
Quick geo facts: Wyandotte is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 25,883 at the 2010 census, a decrease of 7.6% from 2000. Wyandotte is located in southeastern Michigan, approximately 11 miles south of Detroit on the Detroit River, and is part of the collection of communities known as Downriver – Wikipedia.