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A body discovered in South Carolina coastal waters belongs to a missing college student who vanished on Halloween, local police said.

Owen Tillman Kenney, 19, was last seen early Oct. 31, according to the Charleston Police Department.

Kenney, who attended the College of Charleston at the time of his disappearance, was reported missing on Nov. 1, police said.

Police said in a news release that around 8:45 a.m. ET on Nov. 8, the agency's Harbor Patrol units, assisted by the Mount Pleasant Police Department, Charleston County Rescue and the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office, responded to a report of a body in the water near Patriots Point. The area is in Mount Pleasant, east of downtown Charleston.

The body was recovered from the water, and the Charleston County Coroner’s Office identified the victim as Kenney, police wrote in the Nov. 8 news release.

Detectives said Kenney had been walking alone onto the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway before he vanished. The walkway connects downtown Charleston to Mount Pleasant.

How do police believe Owen Kenney died?

Although Kenney's official cause and manner of death are pending official autopsy results, police said detectives determined "he had taken his own life after walking on the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway at 3:49 a.m. on October 31."

What was Owen Kenney's last recorded location?

Before being captured on camera walking, police said Kenney was last seen by friends near King Street and Burns Lane downtown at about 2 a.m. ET.

According to police, the last recorded location on Kenney's cell phone was on the Ravenel Bridge.

Kenney attended and graduated from a high school in Red Bank, New Jersey, according to the Asbury Park Press, part of the USA TODAY Network.

"I would like to thank everyone who took part in the effort to get Owen back to his family," Charleston Police Chief Chito Walker said in a statement. "We hope this recovery brings some measure of closure to a family experiencing unimaginable loss. We ask that everyone continue to respect the privacy of the Kenney family during this difficult time."

Following Kenney's disappearance, the College of Charleston posted on its Facebook page, saying help was available for anyone impacted by the case.

"Students can receive assistance by contacting the Counseling Center, and faculty and staff may contact AllOne Health," the post reads.

Natalie Neysa Alund is a senior reporter for USA TODAY. Reach her at nalund@usatoday.com and follow her on X @nataliealund.

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