Missing kayaker’s body found in Rehoboth Bay

    Investigators are working to determined how a kayaker died over the weekend in Delaware’s Rehoboth Bay.

    The body of 31-year-old Adam King was recovered near the area where the Maryland resident went fishing Saturday afternoon, the News Journal reports. He died of drowning and hypothermia, but was found wearing a life jacket. The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control’s Wildlife Enforcement is continuing its investigation.

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