Trackergd
Verified SAR Manager and Tracker - Retired
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Here's my problem with the suicide theory. It is obvious and generally agreed, not only on this website, but on many others that a body in the river would have eventually been discovered. Decomposition gasses eventually cause the body to float. The river level was low, there are two dams (not counting the inflatable one) that would have been prevented the body from moving down river and there are a ton of fishermen and boaters. Hanging has a very low probability as to get to any sizable woods to have the privacy for the act would have required walking across the bridge to the other side and then at least a half hour walk into the nearest large body of woods, all the while carrying a rope long enough for the job. I've walked the area, so I know how long a hike it would have been. Poison, overdose or self inflicted firearm wound would have also required a secluded spot, else the body would have been discovered rather quickly by hikers, hunters or by the rather strong smell. The small wooded strip on the far side of the river is not as overgrown as you would expect. It's all cleared with benches and other items that appear to be related to excursions. The only remote spot is the quarry on Rt 405, and that is as good an argument for homicide and hiding a body as it is for suicide.