NEWPORT, Vt. (AP) — Police in Vermont are investigating the death of a man found near an ice fishing shanty.
Police investigated a missing persons report for 82-year-old John Barry, of Gorham, New Hampshire, who was thought to have gone ice fishing in Lake Memphremagog. A trace of his phone showed him to be about a mile north of a cell tower in Claremont, New Hampshire.
A Newport, Vermont, police officer found Barry’s vehicle and noticed the ice shanty Sunday. Barry was found just outside. He was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Police say at this time, foul play is not suspected in Barry’s death.
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