The victim has been identified by family as 42-year-old Darnell Dogan.
A family is looking for answers after a missing fisherman was pulled from the Delaware River in Northeast Philadelphia on Thursday.
Chopper 6 was overhead around 3:30 p.m. as marine units found the victim near the Linden Avenue boat ramp."Oh my god, this is so hard. This is so hard," said Dogan's mother, Juanita Johnson.Police say an autopsy will now be conducted and that homicide investigators are working the case. Dogan, who was an avid fisherman from Frankford, was on a boat in the river with several people late Tuesday night into Wednesday morning.
"That's when family members believe the body, the 42-year-old, either went missing from that location or fell off the boat, we're not sure," said Philadelphia Police Chief Inspector Scott Small. By Wednesday afternoon, Dogan's family reported him missing. Police say when that missing persons report was filed, detectives spoke with the people who were on the boat with him. They plan to speak with those people again.Johnson says her family suspected foul play all along. She is asking that if someone hurt her son to turn themselves in.At this time, police aren't sure if the boaters Dogan was with called for help.Anyone with information is asked to call police at 215-686-TIPS.
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