Crime & Safety

Body of Man Found in Charles River

The body has yet to be identified

BOSTON, MA - Massachusetts State Police recovered a man's body from the Charles River early Thursday afternoon, officials said.

Police responded after reports of a body in the water near the Hatch Shell just before 12:30 p.m.

Preliminary evidence suggests the body is not that of Zach Marr, according to Suffolk County District Attorney spokesman Jake Wark. Marr, a 22-year-old man from Harvard, Mass., was last seen Feb. 13 outside the The Bell in Hand Tavern in the area of 45 Union Street in Boston at about 1:40 a.m.

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