The first discovery happened on Thursday, February 6, when 9th District officers responded to a report of a person in the river near Paine’s Skate Park at 2300 Ben Franklin Parkway around 2:18 p.m., according to police.
A witness hailed down cops and pointed to a body submerged in the ice. The Philadelphia Police Marine Unit rescued the man from the water near the Walnut Street Dock. At 3:37 p.m., medics pronounced him dead before transporting him to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
The second body was discovered the next morning, on Friday, February 7, near Kelly Drive and Midvale Avenue in the 39th District, according to investigators. When emergency responders arrived at the location at about 10:18 a.m., they discovered an unidentifiable adult male named “John Doe.” At 10:56 a.m., medics pronounced him dead, according to authorities.
Detectives analyzed the sites, and the investigations into both cases are ongoing. No other information was immediately provided.