Police have identified the person who was found dead in a river during Seymour's Memorial Day parade on May 28.
Investigators said a citizen noticed what appeared to be a body in the Naugatuck River under the Broad Street Bridge around 11:30 a.m. during the town's annual Memorial Day parade.
Emergency crews cordoned off the area and confirmed it was a body in the river. The Seymour Detective Bureau and medical examiner were notified.
Authorities determined that the body of Angel Jose Garcia, 34, was found. He is believed to have been homeless and police said they have notified his next of kin.
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His body was in various stages of decomposition, officials said. The medical examiner took the body to Farmington and conducted an autopsy.
Detectives are waiting for a final determination of Garcia's cause of death from the medical examiner.
The incident remains under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Seymour Police Department.
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