Crime & Safety

Coroner: Missing Easton Man Found in River

Body found in Lehigh River Sunday was missing Easton man Christopher Flynn.

The man found in the was a 34-year-old South Side resident reported missing last week.

Christopher Flynn of Mauch Chunk Street was last seen on May 15. According to the Express-Times, Flynn was entered into the FBI's missing person database three days later.

On Sunday afternoon, city police were called to the banks of the Lehigh River behind Larry Holmes Drive for a report of a body in the water. 

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Northampton County Coroner Zachary Lysek said Monday that the body was that of Flynn. He said an autospy is pending to determine his cause of death.

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