RUSHMERE, Va. (WVEC) - A body found in the James River Sunday afternoon is one of two men who went missing while duck hunting in January, according to authorities.
Shortly before 3 p.m., the Isle of Wight Sheriff's Office was informed that someone had spotted a body in the James River near Tyler's Beach in IOW Co.
According to Lt. Tommy Potter with the Isle of Wight Sheriff's Office, sheriff's deputies went to the location and confirmed the discovery.
On Monday, Captain Milt Robinson confirmed that the found body is of 20-year-old Brian Austin Savage. His cause of death was drowning.
Two men who went missing in January in Surry Co. during frigid weather, according to Potter.
Kyle Englehart, 29, and Austin Savage left the Jamestown Yacht Basin around 7 p.m. January 3 on a 16-foot jon boat. The search began when they were subsequently reported as being overdue. They had left the basin, heading across the James River towards their duck blind on Gray's Creek.
The body was found along the shore about one mile north of Tyler's Beach, in a fairly inaccessible area.
Any further information will come from the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, which is the lead investigating agency in the case.
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