Authorities investigate death of man found in Black River

Butler County authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was pulled from Black River Sunday afternoon.

Just after 2:30 p.m., Sheriff Mark Dobbs said, a fisherman called to report he found what he believed to be a body in Black River, approximately one-half to one mile upstream from the Hargrove Road.

“We found and retrieved a body at about 3:30 p.m.,” Dobbs said. “The body appeared to be in decomposition and had been there for several days, maybe even weeks.”

Identification, Dobbs said, has been made of the white male, but next of kin has not been notified.

Further details are not being released at this time.