A body was recovered Sunday morning from the Little Miami River in Hamilton Township after officers were called to the water near Grandin Road, police said. Chief Quillan Short said first responders found the body after a call around 9:15 a.m.

The recovery brings a brief but serious end to a morning response that centered on one stretch of river water and one unanswered question: how the man got there. Police said the body was that of a 73-year-old man, but they have not released his identity.

Short said officers were dispatched after a body was located in the water near Grandin Road. First responders recovered the man safely, and the case now shifts from recovery to notification, with police withholding his name until next of kin are told.

That leaves the core facts intact and the rest still unsettled. The body was found in the Little Miami River in Hamilton Township, and the man’s identity remains private for now. The next public step is straightforward: once family notification is complete, police can identify the 73-year-old man and begin to fill in the gaps that Sunday morning has not yet answered.