Missing Elderly Man Found Dead

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M30o93H7pQ09L8X1t49cHY01Z5j4TT91fGfr Missing Elderly Man Found Dead
Published: Wed, May 14, 2008 - 7:04 pm
Last Updated: Wed, May 14, 2008 - 9:54 pm
As we first reported as Breaking News on News 5 at 5:00, search crews found the body of a missing 87-year-old man near the Bon Secour river.

People who live along Riverwood Drive East called police around 4:00 p.m. after they found Homer Mead's show floating in a waterway. They also found his fishing gear nearby. The Baldwin County Sheriff's Offics tells News 5 Mead's keys were still in the ignition of his truck.

Around 4:40, search crews found Mead's body. He had been missing since Tuesday night. The coroner has not released a cause of death.

We'll have the latest on this case tonight on News 5 at 10:00 after CSI: New York.

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My Regrets for the Family’s .  My ? is why was he fishing alone, fishing like swimmng should be with a buddy.

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