Overview
- Cambridge police recovered an unidentified body from Fresh Pond after officers responded to the scene shortly before 11:40 a.m., officials said.
- A joint statement from the Cambridge Police Department and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said preliminary findings indicate the body had been in the water for an extended period.
- Authorities have not released the person’s name or details about how the body came to be in the pond and say the investigation is ongoing.
- Standard next steps include forensic examination and an autopsy to establish the deceased person’s identity and cause and time of death, and those processes can take several days.
- Fresh Pond is a public reservoir and park in Cambridge and the discovery has mobilized local investigative and safety resources while officials work to determine what happened.