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Via: baltimoresun.com

The body of a Baltimore City Fire Department recruit who was last seen May 29 was found Sunday afternoon in the Liberty Reservoir, police said.

The body was identified as Rodney Earl Goggins, Jr., 20. “There were no visible signs of trauma” according to Major Phil Kasten of the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, which is continuing to investigate the death.

“This entire ordeal has been especially troubling to the recruits and the members of the department. We all had held out hope and optimism of his return,” said city Fire Department spokesman Kevin Cartwright. “We continue to pray for the family.”

Boaters had called the Baltimore City Watershed Rangers patrolling the reservoir shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday, reporting that they saw a body near the Carroll County shoreline area south of the Liberty Road Bridge. The rangers found the partially decomposed body in a remote area with dense vegetation, and contacted the sheriff’s office and rescue dive teams from Gamber Volunteer Fire Company. Goggins’ body was taken to the Medical Examiner’s Office for an autopsy.

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