Baltimore Police identified the body found Tuesday morning in the Inner Harbor as Branson Oduor, a 27-year-old who was missing for more than a week after a night out in Fells Point.
Emergency crews located his body in the water in the 500 block of East Pratt Street around 8:10 a.m. on Tuesday, said Lindsay Eldridge, a spokesperson for the department.
His remains were transported to the Medical Examiner’s office, Eldridge said. The investigation is ongoing.
On Tuesday morning, Baltimore firefighters and police responded to the area around Pier 5 for a water rescue. Two fire boats were in the water as more than a dozen emergency response vehicles lined the pier near the aquarium.
Witnesses said the body was removed from a fire boat to the pier behind the National Aquarium. Police taped off the scene, and a white sheet could be seen spread over the ground.
The concerned friends of Oduor hurried to the scene and watched the emergency personnel work. The last time friends and family heard from Oduor, he had gone out for dinner and drinks in Fells Point on April 3. Security footage shows the man in front of The Horse You Came In On Saloon near the waterfront.
Family and friends handed out flyers around the Inner Harbor last week.

The Baltimore City Missing Persons Unit, as well as the Southern and Central districts, searched for days after Oduor was officially reported missing on April 5. The Baltimore Police dive team joined the investigation on April 9.
Police recovered two bodies in the Inner Harbor late last year. Walter Broderick, 82, was found in the water on Dec. 17 near Lighthouse Point Marina in Canton and died after first responders attempted to rescue him. Another man was found dead in the Inner Harbor near the 400 block of Light Street on Nov. 2.
Last summer, first responders pulled a van with a body inside from the water behind the National Aquarium annex on Pier IV.
Banner reporter Dylan Segelbaum contributed to this article.




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