Detectives Investigate After Body Found In Westmoreland Co. Creek
IRWIN, Pa. (KDKA) - The body found in an Irwin creek has been identified.
Westmoreland County Detectives launched an investigation after a 56-year-old man was found dead at Tinkers Run on Saturday.
Police say three teens were involved in the discovery of the body.
They were allegedly assaulting another youth when they found they discovered the man at the end of a tunnel near Route 30.
The Westmoreland County Office of the Coroner identified the body Sunday night as Kenneth Rhodes Sr. of Irwin.
The coroner said there was no evidence of trauma or foul play associated with Rhodes' death.
His time of death was 4:12 p.m. on Saturday.
Rhodes was found in a creek, police say, is at the bottom of a hill roughly 15 feet high.
The cause and manner of death are still pending.
