{"id":308886,"date":"2026-06-16T05:55:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/308886\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T05:55:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T05:55:27","slug":"coroner-identifies-body-recovered-from-little-miami-river-in-warren-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/308886\/","title":{"rendered":"Coroner identifies body recovered from Little Miami River in Warren County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">WARREN COUNTY, Ohio (WXIX) &#8211; The body of a 73-year-old man pulled from the Little Miami River in Hamilton Township has been identified by the Warren County coroner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The remains of Robert Rigdon, of Mason, were recovered from the river Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Chief Quillan Short with the Hamilton Township Police Department said officers were called to the river near Grandin Road around 9:15 a.m. after a body was located in the water. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The police report states the body was found by a kayaker who was fishing in the river.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">First responders safely recovered the body from the river, Chief Short said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox19.com\/video-gallery\/news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.fox19.com\/video-gallery\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">Watch FOX19 NOW videos here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/fox19-now\/id449886905\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/fox19-now\/id449886905\" target=\"_blank\">Download the FREE FOX19 NOW news app for iPhone<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.raycom.wxix&amp;hl=en_US\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.raycom.wxix&amp;hl=en_US\" target=\"_blank\">Download the FREE FOX19 NOW news app for Android<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">After recovering the body, Hamilton Township police were contacted by Mason police, who confirmed they were preparing a missing person\u2019s report for Rigdon, police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The cause of death has not yet been determined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Officers are still investigating. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox19.com\/page\/report-typos-to-fox19\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text text-start\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? 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