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Body Located in Potomac Identified as Missing Rockville Man

For Immediate Release: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Gaithersburg, MD - The body of an adult male recovered along the Potomac River on Monday, April 3, 2023, has been identified.

Officers were called to the area south of the Angler’s boat ramp at approximately 2 p.m. for the report of a body in the water. The body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner and identified as 56-year-old Neil Bernstein of Rockville.

Bernstein was reported missing and last seen on Friday, February 17 in Great Falls Park near Macarthur Blvd. on the Maryland side.

He was positively identified on Monday, April 10.

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Release ID: 23-198
Media Contact: S.D. Goff 
Categories: missing-person