Crime & Safety

Body Pulled from Merrimack River

Autopsy results expected Thursday.

Public safety teams pulled the body of a man from the Merrimack River earlier today just north of a homeless camp near the .

officials are not commenting or speculating on whether or not the body is that of who went missing on March 15. An autopsy is being performed on the body and investigators are hoping the results will be available on Thursday.

, 20, was reportedly last seen near the camp and was reported missing after friends and family became concerned because they had not heard from him. Signs were hung up at stores in and around the area, requesting help finding Richard.

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State agencies and other officials combed the area in and around the river looking for any signs of Richard but found nothing. However, with the lower levels of the Merrimack in recent weeks, the body appeared.

Concord NH Patch will have more about this developing story as it becomes available.

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