Montgomery County police are trying to identify the body of a man pulled Sunday afternoon from the Potomac River.
Police spokesman Rick Goodale said Monday morning that police only know the man is a black or Hispanic male in his 20s or 30s.
Police do not believe the body is that of a Reston man who disappeared June 2 while swimming with a friend in the river near Great Falls, slightly upstream from where the body was found Sunday.
Family members of the missing Reston man, who has been identified as Marco Reyes-Sanchez, 21, have been searching the banks of the river for the past two weeks, hoping to find signs of him, according to Reston Now.
Goodale said the condition of the body found Sunday has led police to believe it wasn’t in the water long enough to be Reyes-Sanchez.
Goodale said police plan to send out more information about the body found Sunday once it is identified.
Swimming in the section of the river near Great Falls is prohibited due to dangerous undercurrents that can sweep away swimmers that aren’t visible from the surface.
The body was recovered near the Carderock Recreation Area according to fire department spokesman Pete Piringer. Credit: Google Maps
