News Nearby: Body of Missing Bridgeville Man Found in Pittsburgh

The body of Jimmy Slack,, was recovered Monday afternoon on the shore of the Ohio River, Bridgeville Police Chief Chad King confirmed.

Pittsburgh police were called to an area near the Carnegie Science Center at around 1:30 p.m. and the description of the person’s clothing matched what Slack was wearing when he disappeared Dec. 7, police said.

Pittsburgh Police Sgt. Joe Gannon said a crew on a boat that was pulling up to the shore noticed the body and called 911.

King notified the family at its Bridgeville home shortly after.

“It was very emotional,” King said. "I think they were still holding out to hope that he would come home.”

Police are waiting for an autopsy to determine how Slack died. It’s not immediately clear if his death is considered suspicious or accidental.

Slack, who graduated from Chartiers Valley High School in 2004 and was living with his parents in Bridgeville, had gone to a String Cheese Incident concert at Stage AE on the North Side. He was separated from a friend, Paulette Beadling, who left with another person when she tried but failed to find him. They later exchanged numerous text messages and phone calls before Slack disappeared.

Family members became concerned when Slack didn’t return or answer calls to his cell phone. They said he was getting ready to return to his job working on a barge, and that he would never want to miss his niece’s birthday that weekend.

, including a canvass of the North Side and placing fliers across the region. Slack’s family continued to hold out hope for his safe return even as few clues emerged and . They also launched a Facebook page and Twitter account to spread information concerning the missing man.

The Bridgeville community came together on Dec. 22 when  at . His parents, James and Donna, and sisters, Maureen Shields and Laura Slack, greeted each of them with hugs and tears.

“The comfort was people looking for him and genuinely caring about him,” Donna Slack said that night. “I wouldn’t have been able to do this (without them).”