June 30, 2024
Update from the National Park Service:
BUSHKILL, PA–Yesterday around 7:00 p.m., June 29, 2024, NPS and volunteer search crews recovered the body of 24-year-old Jeysson Ariel Osorio-Reyes from the waters of the Delaware River near Milford Beach within Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area.
24-year-old Jeysson Ariel Osorio-Reyes of Jackson Township, New Jersey. Photo provided by family.
BUSHKILL, PA- National Park Service rangers and dive team members from Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area and Upper Delaware National Scenic and Recreational River and volunteers from the Milford Fire Department, Milford Ambulance, Port Jervis and Bushkill Dive Teams, and Dingman Township, Sparrowbush, and Huguenot Dive Rescue Teams are engaged in a search for a missing man who was last seen swimming in the Delaware River at Milford Beach on Saturday afternoon around 3:15 pm.
Witnesses on shore saw the 24-year-old Jackson Township, NJ man, Jeysson Ariel Osorio-Reyes, swimming mid-channel in the river, about 75 yards from the PA shoreline, before he disappeared under the water surface.
The combined search crews will continue to scour the Delaware River, both above and below the surface, employing surface searches, teams of divers, and side scan sonar until 7 pm this evening due to storms in the forecast that could affect the safety of rescuers. Search efforts will resume on Sunday morning, pending weather conditions.
Updates from the National Park Service will be provided when they are available.
File photos from the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area