A person fishing in the river spotted the body Thursday evening, officials said.
A body was recovered Thursday evening from the Presumpscot River in Falmouth, Maine.
Falmouth police and fire crews responded to the Gray Road bridge around 6:30 p.m. after a person fishing in the river off Gray Road noticed the body in a small inlet,Falmouth Police Chief John Kilbride told News Center Maine that the body was"badly decomposed and [had] been there for quite some time."
The medical examiner's office will identify the body and help officials determine how it ended up in the river.No other information was immediately available.
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