Search crews retrieved the body of a person they believe to be a missing New Yorker from Green River Reservoir in Hyde Park on Thursday morning, according to a Vermont State Police press release.
The person believed to be Joshua Hwang, 22, of New Windsor, New York, will be evaluated for cause of death at the Chief Medical Examiner’s Office in Burlington, police said.
Beginning Sunday, Hwang was on a camping trip with friends in a remote region of the park. Police were notified Tuesday evening he left the campsite earlier that day and hadn’t returned. The Lamoille County Sheriff’s Department led the search starting Wednesday morning, according to an earlier press release from the state police.
The Vermont State Police sent its scuba team out to search for Hwang Wednesday afternoon alongside assistance from other agencies.
Hwang had last been seen with his friends wearing a wet T-shirt, shorts and no shoes around 3 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the press release. He was not familiar with the area.
The park, which temporarily closed to day use during the search, has since been reopened to the public, according to Vermont State Parks.
“We are saddened by this outcome and send our condolences to the family and our appreciation to the Vermont rescue crews,” the agency said in a tweet on Thursday.
— Ella Ruehsen