Rye police: Body found on beach before Fourth of July. No foul play suspected.
RYE BEACH — Local and state officials investigated an untimely death after a body was located on Rye Beach prior to the Fourth of July holiday.
The body of a deceased man was located on the Wallis Road extension beach on Monday morning, with the report being made to police at 6:50 a.m., said town police Chief Kevin Walsh.
New Hampshire Department of Justice spokesperson Michael Garrity reported the man was a 27-year-old Kittery, Maine resident.
"The death is not considered suspicious," he added.
The town’s police and fire departments responded to the beach upon the report. No foul play is suspected in the unidentified man’s death, the chief said.
“Our prayers and thoughts are with the family,” Walsh stated on Friday.
The state chief medical examiner’s office investigated the death.
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This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Rye, NH police: Body found on beach. No foul play suspected.
