WPD identify body found in Cape Fear River

March 23, 2022

WILMINGTON — The Wilmington Police Department identified the body pulled from the Cape Fear River Tuesday morning.

The female is 64-year-old Edna Faye Davis of Wilmington.

WPD responded to a call about a body in the river at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. When they arrived at the marina at Harnett Street, they found the female.

WPD said foul play is not suspected. Autopsy results will determine the cause of death, according to a release from department.

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Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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