SAUGUS, MASS. (WHDH) - Police are investigating after a man was found dead at the Breakheart Reservation in Saugus on Wednesday, officials said.
State police say the person who died was a 65-year-old Saugus man who was known to hike the reservation. The Essex County District Attorney’s office in an update Thursday said the man was found with injuries “consistent with a fall” and said his death does not appear to be suspicious.
The DA’s office said the man entered the reservation around 8 a.m. Wednesday to search for a piece of missing property. A family member then reported him missing around 5:45 p.m.
State troopers and local police were later seen gathered at the scene Wednesday night where officials said family members and friends found the man’s body around 6:05 p.m. a few hundred yards into the reservation adjacent to a large rock formation that rises to a height of more than 30 feet.
The DA’s office said the man is not considered a victim of foul play and said there is no apparent threat to the public.
The case remained under investigation as of late Thursday morning.
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