Body found near boat landing was South Carolina man who drowned, coroner says
The man whose body was recently pulled from a South Carolina river has been identified, according to the Berkeley County Coroner’s Office.
Dean Elsey Sr., a 61-year-old Bonneau resident, was the drowning victim, Coroner Darnell Hartwell said in a news release.
On June 4, officers responded to the death, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
The coroner’s office said it was called after Elsey’s body was recovered from the Bushy Park Boat Landing by divers with the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. That’s by the Back River in South Carolina’s Lowcountry.
Elsey was docking his boat when he slipped and suffered a head injury then drowned, South Carolina DNR said.
An autopsy was scheduled to help determine the cause and manner of death, according to the coroner’s office.
Information about the depth of the water where Elsey’s body was recovered was not available, but his death continues to be investigated by the coroner’s office and South Carolina DNR.
Elsey is survived by his wife and eight children, among other family members, according to an obituary. A funeral will be held on Thursday, followed by a burial at Plantation Memorial Gardens, according to the obituary.
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