Authorities on the North Shore identified Daniel Arnett as the man found dead near a Newbury cow pasture on Sunday, closing a weekend search that had drawn family members and emergency crews to Tendercrop Farm.
Dr. Daniel Arnett, 44, was last seen riding his bicycle around 10 a.m. Saturday on Scotland Road near Colby Farm. He was a cardiologist with Lahey Health.
Arnett was found dead shortly after 2 p.m. Sunday near the Tendercrop Farm cow pasture. The Essex County District Attorney’s Office said investigators do not suspect foul play, but it did not say how he died.
That gap matters because the identification resolved who had been missing, but not what happened to him. His family and friends joined emergency crews at Tendercrop Farm Sunday, while prosecutors said a separate body found in neighboring Rowley Sunday afternoon was unrelated. The other man was found dead in Mill River near Red Gate Road at about noon, and the Essex County District Attorney’s Office has not publicly identified him.
For now, the public part of the case ends where the private one begins: Daniel Arnett has been identified, foul play is not suspected, and the cause of death remains undisclosed as the Rowley investigation continues.
