HANOVER — Police found the body of a missing hiker from Mississippi in the Connecticut River on Thursday, according to a news release from the New Hampshire State Police.
The 45-year-old hiker, Joseph C. Harvey, of Prentiss, Miss., had been staying at a hostel near Route 5 and the Connecticut River.
On Thursday at about 11:30 a.m., the Norwich Police Department received a call that Harvey had last been seen at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. He had been headed toward the river on the Vermont side.
On Thursday afternoon, rescuers from the Hanover Fire Department and New Hampshire Fish and Game found Harvey’s body in the water. He was pronounced deceased on scene.
The incident is under investigation by New Hampshire State Police — Marine Patrol. The death is not considered suspicious at this time.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact New Hampshire State Police — Marine Patrol, Sgt. Nicholas Haroutunian at Nicholas.M.Haroutunian@dos.nh.gov or (603) 846-3333.