CAPE COUNTY MAN DROWNS

PERRYVILLE -- An autopsy will be performed this morning on the body of a Millersville man who apparently drowned in Apple Creek early Tuesday.

Robert Weaver, 30, was reported missing to the Cape County Sheriff's Department Tuesday morning by his wife, when she returned to a boat launch on County Road CC to pick him up.

An emergency services helicopter spotted Weaver's abandoned rafter about two miles up creek from where he had put in at about 3 a.m. Tuesday. Weaver's body was discovered in about eight feet of water a short distance from the raft.

Perry County Coroner Patrick Naeger said Weaver was pronounced dead at 1 p.m. Tuesday, but an autopsy has been ordered to rule out foul play.