Body Found By Kids In Western Mass ID'd As Man Missing For 3 Years: DA

Police in Franklin County have identified the skeletal remains found on an island in the Connecticut River last month by a group of children on a nature hike.

Children taking part in a summer camp field trip found human remains on Rawson Island on the Connecticut River last week.
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Josh Lanier

09/05/2023 4:29 p.m.

The bones belonged to Brian Cornwell, age 57, who was reported missing in 2020, the Northwestern District Attorney's Office said. Investigators are trying to determine how he died.

About 24 students and chaperones with the Westhampton-based summer camp Biocitizen Inc. were exploring Rawson Island — in between Greenfield and Montague — on Aug. 23 when they stumbled on the body, authorities said.

They called Greenfield police, who cordoned off the area until crime scene investigators could arrive.

Authorities ask anyone with information on Cornwell's death or disappearance to contact the Northwestern District Attorney’s Greenfield office at (413) 774-3186.

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