GLOUCESTER, Va. — The Gloucester County Sheriff's Office posted on its Facebook page Friday that they had found the body of Thomas Matthews.
Search teams from the Virginia Department of Emergency Management, using K9 units, found the body of Matthews, 67, on Thursday. He was found in the Woods Mill Swamp near his Adner Road home.
Investigators could not immediately identify the body when they found it, but the medical examiner's office later confirmed it was Matthews.
The sheriff's office said officials have not yet determined the cause of Matthews' death, but preliminary investigations did not indicate there had been any suspicious activity.
When he was proclaimed missing, a spokesman for the sheriff's office said they were worried for Matthews' well being. He went missing in the last week of April, and the sheriff's office said he was suffering from some anxiety and depression.
After he went missing, the Hampton Police (K-9 Unit), Virginia Marine Police (Aviation Unit), York Poquoson Sheriff’s Office and the York County Fire and Life Safety (Drone Unit) and Gloucester Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service searched nearly 500 square acres of the forested area near Matthews' home.