MILTON, Del. — Delaware State Police are investigating the drowning of an 18-year-old man whose body was recovered from the Delaware Bay on Tuesday evening, a day after he went missing in the Broadkill River.
Yorch Niz-Chilel had been crabbing with family near the boat launch at the end of Oyster Rocks Road in Milton on July 15 when he entered the river as they prepared to leave. According to police, he walked into the water until it reached his neck and began yelling for help. Family members attempted a rescue but were unable to reach him before he submerged.
Emergency personnel from the Lewes Fire Department, U.S. Coast Guard, and other state and local agencies responded and launched a coordinated search effort by water and air. The search was suspended later that evening due to safety conditions and resumed the next morning.
On July 16, a fisherman spotted a body near the Outer Wall by the Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse in the Delaware Bay. The remains were recovered and identified as Yorch Niz-Chilel.
His body was turned over to the Division of Forensic Science for further examination.