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Body found in Savannah River at Riverfront Drive

By Mike Lepp,

2024-07-19

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WJBF) – The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office and the Richmond County Coroner are responding to the scene of a body found in the Savannah River.

The body was reportedly found Friday morning on the 600 block of Riverfront Drive in the Goodale Landing subdivision.

Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen tells us a fisherman found the body, Friday morning, and called 911.

Due to the condition of the body, a positive ID hasn’t been made yet.

Count on NewsChannel 6 for more on this developing story…

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07-19

hope it's not one of the missing teens.

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