Dover, NH - The Dover Police and Fire Department were called to Green Street around 1:00 P.M. on Wednesday, November 29th, after a passerby spotted what they thought was a body in the Cocheco River, just off of the Joe B. Parks Riverwalk.

First Responders arrived and located the body of a man in a cluster of trees by the edge of the river down the steep bank. Police cleared the area and immediately called in the Chief Medical Examiner to investigate.

Dover Fire Department and first responding units used ropes on the steep incline to recover the body within an hour of the initial call, after the Medical Examiner inspected and photographed the area.

Within 24 hours, the body was identified as Danny Carroll, a 52-year-old resident of Dover that was well known as a talented musician with a keen sense of humor and an outgoing personality. Carroll had also battled addiction and homelessness in recent months.

The Medical Examiner's office stated that the cause of death was drowning and that it did not appear that there was a crime committed.