Cops: No Foul Play Suspected After Body of Man, 52, Found Near Toms River Park

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Authorities in Ocean County said Monday that foul play is not suspected in the case of a man whose body was found floating near a Toms River park.

Toms River police officers were called to Shelter Cove Park in Toms River at about 3:05 p.m. Sunday for a report of a deceased individual located in the water adjacent to the coastal marsh. Responding officers discovered the deceased body of a male, later identified as Deane Labranche, 52, of Toms River, floating in the water.

“The decedent was removed from the water and transported to Community Medical Center pending a post-mortem examination,” the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office said in a statement.

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In the statement, Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said that while the death remains under investigation, there “does not appear, at this time, to be any foul play involved.”