FORT LAWN, S.C. (WBTV) - A body found floating in a South Carolina river last Wednesday was identified a week later as an elderly man from Charlotte.

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, the coroner identified the person who died as 70-year-old Mohammed Kargarian.

What we know

Kargarian’s body was reportedly seen floating around noon on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the Catawba River near the Chester-Lancaster County line.

In a multi-agency recovery effort, the river was searched by drone and boat, and eventually, crews recovered Kargarian’s body.

His body was reportedly found about 1 p.m. next to the bank on the Lancaster County side of the river, just south of the Highway 9 bridge.

An autopsy performed revealed no obvious trauma to Kargarian’s body; therefore, foul play was not suspected.

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