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Man's body found in the Schuylkill

Police found a man's body in the Schyulkill River near University City Sunday afternoon.

Police recovered the body of a man who was last seen in the Schuylkill River near University City on Sunday afternoon.

The 49-year-old man was spotted by a Philadelphia Police boat after the department received a report of a man in the water shortly after 3 p.m.. He was found on the northeast bank of the river wedged against a retaining wall near Market Street and the Schuylkill Expressway, police said.

The identity of the man, and cause of death, were not released.