Crime & Safety

Body Found In Schuylkill Was 'Shark Tank' Contestant​

Philip Reitnour​​'s body was found Thursday, Oct. 12 with a single gunshot wound to the forehead in the Schuylkill River in Center City.

PHILADELPHIA – The body pulled from the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia last week as turned out to be "Shark Tank" contestant Philip Reitnour, according to multiple media reports.

Reitnour, 58, of Tredyffrin Township, was on the popular ABC show to push his product "Emergensee," a security system and safety app, several years ago.

His body was recovered from the river the morning of Thursday, Oct. 12 in Center City Philadelphia with a single gunshot to the forehead.

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6ABC reports Reitnour was in debt to the tune of about $3 million and the defendant of a lawsuit.

Police said they are investigating Reitnour's death.

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