Body found in Turtle Pond in West Roxbury
By adamg - Sun, 12/14/2008 - 5:49pm.
Here's why you should stay off the dock in Stony Brook Reservation's Turtle Pond after a winter storm: You can slip off and drown. State Police homicide investigators report pulling a man's body out of the pond about ten feet from the dock this afternoon. Homicide is not suspected in the death of the older adult male, although an autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office.
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I'd just like to say that I have stood on that dock hundreds of times, literally - winter, spring, summer and fall and in all kinds of weather. One does not just "slip off and drown" unless there are unusual circumstances, like a health condition or some other factor that is out of the ordinary. So I think its REALLY not fair to say that anyone standing there could just "slip off and drown". Its a bit of an exageration and inflamatory response.
Man who drowned in Turtle Pond identified
But officials are withholding his name until they locate next of kin, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which did say he was 81, had no fixed address, but had lived in the Roslindale area for some time. He was identified by a former spouse; officials are trying to find any blood relatives.