Forest Rangers, Police Find Body In Peekskill Stream

PEEKSKILL, NY — Searchers found the body of a missing man Jan. 4 in a stream just over the Peekskill border from Cortlandt, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers reported.

Police called the Forest Rangers on Dec. 29 for assistance locating a missing person, who had last been seen Dec. 15 fleeing from a motor vehicle accident in Cortlandt.

Starting Dec. 30, the forest rangers organized along with New York State Police and the Peekskill Police Department, conducting a type 1 search along Sprout Brook Road south of where the accident occurred, the DEC said.

A gray hooded sweatshirt that fit the description of what the man was wearing was found about 100 yards south of the accident site, just above the water line of Sprout Brook.

After several days of searching, on Jan. 4, the missing man was located dead in a stream about 3/4 of a mile from the accident scene. The incident is being investigated by Peekskill and state police, the DEC said.