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The Rehoboth Beach Police Department issued an alert at around 2 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 4 as they searched for Savage resident Richard Boateng, who was last seen in the ocean surf off the beach near Rehoboth Avenue at around 5:45 p.m. on Sunday afternoon.
Later on Monday morning, police say that the 31-year-old was found dead on the beach in the North Shore community near Ocean Drive and Fairview Road.
Shortly before 6 a.m. on Monday, members of the Rehoboth Beach Police, Delaware State Parks Enforcement Division, and the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Department responded to a sighting of a human body in the surf.
First responders were able to positively identify Boateng’s body, and he was pronounced dead at the scene. The body was removed and a death investigation has been launched by the Rehoboth Beach Police and Division of Forensic Science.
No foul play is suspected.
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