UPDATE: Police Identify Body Found in Kingstowne Lake

UPDATE 1 p.m. Monday: The body of the man found floating in a Kingstowne lake over the weekend has been identified by police, they said Monday afternoon in a news alert.

Police identified the body using fingerprint evidence, they said. The Northern Virginia Regional Identification System (NOVARIS), Investigative Support Division, notified Homicide detectives that the body was that of Kenneth Duane Bernhardt, 36, of Falls Church.

The Office of the Chief Medical examiner determined that the death was a drowning that was not criminal in nature.

Police have not revealed why Bernhardt was at the lake.

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Fairfax County Police detectives continue their investigation Monday as they await results from the Office of the Chief Medical examiner regarding positive identification as well as cause and manner of death of the body found in a Kingstowne lake over the weekend.

Although the investigation is still in its early stages, there does not appear to be anything overtly suspicious and therefore no apparent threat to public safety, police said.

Police responded to the report of what appeared to be a body in a pond on South Van Dorn Street near Kingstowne Village Parkway on Saturday, shortly after 11:30 a.m.

Officers arrived and located the body of an adult male in the pond. Homicide and Crime Scene detectives also responded to the scene.

Initially, there were no obvious signs of trauma to the body, police said. Detectives are attempting to positively identify the body and to notify next of kin. The medical examiner’s office will ultimately determine cause and manner of death.