The dead man recovered last week from the Merrimack River in Haverhill has been identified as a 71-year-old Lowell man, but no theories have yet been released publicly about what may have happened.
As WHAV reported previously, Essex County District Attorney Paul F. Tucker said North Andover Fire Department launched a boat and recovered the man a week ago Wednesday from a section of the Merrimack River believed to be in Haverhill. Tucker’s office said Wednesday the man is Leon Langlais of Lowell.
According to the district attorney’s office, Lawrence Police Department received a call April 3, at about 6:35 p.m., from a resident of the 50 Island Street Apartments with a view of the Merrimack River, reporting a person was being carried downriver by the current. North Andover Fire launched a boat and, less than an hour later, recovered Langlais from the river north of the Amazon distribution center in North Andover.
The incident remains under investigation by the Massachusetts State Police Detective Unit assigned to Tucker’s office. The cause and manner of death will be determined by the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.