Update: Surveyor Finds Body in Woodbury Creek

A Woodbury Creek surveyor found a body floating in the water in West Deptford Friday afternoon.

State Police confirmed a body was found in Woodbury Creek, in the branch between Edwin Avenue and Matteo & Sons scrapyard. Details were scant Friday evening.

The surveyor found the unidentified man floating in the water at 2:40 p.m., said Sgt. Brian Polite, a State Police spokesman. The body was about 1,000 feet west of the I-295 bridge, Polite added. Marine units responded and recovered the body. 

A half-dozen officers searched the bank of the creek behind Matteo's around 5 p.m., their flashlights stabbing among the trees and across the mud flats of the creek, which was at low tide.

Aerial photos of the area they were searching show a number of trails branching out behind the scrapyard and Willow Woods mobile home park, which appear to be wide enough to handle a truck or all-terrain vehicle.

Residents along Watson Street and the blocks around it said they'd seen police out in the late afternoon, when a pair of boaters were on the creek.

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Editor's note: State Police on Dec. 14 identified the man found dead in Woodbury Creek. Read  for more details.