According to the St. Clair County Sheriff’s Office, a man’s body was found Wednesday morning off the shore of Harsens Island. Clay Township Police received a call from homeowners who discovered the body floating in a cut off the North Channel of the St. Clair River shortly before 10:30 Wednesday morning. Detectives from the Sheriff’s Office assisted by Clay Township Fire Department used their air boat to reach the man and get his body out of the water. At this time, no determination has been made on the person found in the water, other than he is an older, white male. The man has been transported to the St. Clair County morgue at McLaren Port Huron Hospital. An autopsy will be conducted to try to determine cause and manner of death, and to try to make positive identification of the man. Missing person databases are being checked and detectives continue to investigate the incident.
