Dead body discovered near Biden’s Rehoboth Beach residence.
The Body of a Missing Swimmer Found Near President Biden’s Beach House
The body of a missing swimmer was tragically discovered on Monday near Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where President Joe Biden has a beach house.
Richard Boateng, a 31-year-old from Savage, Maryland, was last seen on Sunday evening in the surf off Rehoboth Beach, according to Delaware Online.
A search involving multiple local agencies was launched after several 911 calls were made.
Boateng’s body was spotted around 6 a.m. on Monday in the ocean off of North Shores, a small community north of Rehoboth Beach.
The location was just a few hundred yards east of the beach home owned by the Bidens.
Over the weekend, President Biden made headlines by stating that he had to stay in Rehoboth because he had “no home to go to,” while he was actually at his beach house, as reported by The Western Journal.
Tightened Security Measures
According to the Cape Gazette in nearby Lewes, Delaware, a fence costing $455,000 was erected around the Biden house last year, along with other security measures.
With the president in town for the Labor Day weekend, the Coast Guard established security zones in the ocean beyond the area where the body was found, as reported by the Cape Gazette.
Biden often takes walks on the beach near where the body was discovered.
The Bidens purchased the property in 2017, according to The Daily Times in Salisbury, Maryland.
While the president will be traveling this week, First Lady Jill Biden will remain at the house after testing positive for COVID-19 on Monday, as reported by The Western Journal.
A Tragic Incident
According to WGMD-TV in Rehoboth Beach, 911 calls about Boateng started coming in about 20 minutes after lifeguards had gone off duty on Sunday.
One witness, identified only as Mohan, described the moment they realized Boateng needed help: “Probably he was shouting ‘help’ and we suddenly realized, yeah, he needs help. So then I started shouting, ‘Help! We need a lifeguard.’ We were shouting, shouting, shouting and finally when I turned to this side. I can’t see him. He just lifted his hand and he drowned,” Mohan said.
The search for Boateng continued after dark, and police have stated that foul play is not suspected.
The Rehoboth Beach Police and the Division of Forensic Science are currently investigating the circumstances surrounding Boateng’s death, according to the Cape Gazette.
Body of missing Rehoboth Beach swimmer, 31, washes ashore in Delaware: report https://t.co/GAhg6JBe2F pic.twitter.com/RKIEwakoqI
— New York Post (@nypost) September 5, 2023
The National Weather Service had issued a warning about “life-threatening rip currents and large battering waves through the weekend” for Atlantic beaches, as reported by the Delaware News Journal.
Distant Atlantic storms continue to stir up the western Atlantic, creating potentially deadly surf and rip currents along the US East Coast.
When visiting the ocean, you are safest at beaches with lifeguards. Stay Weather-Ready and learn more about rip current safety at… pic.twitter.com/Q1YLfals11
— National Weather Service (@NWS) September 1, 2023
“Distant Atlantic storms continue to stir up the western Atlantic, creating potentially deadly surf and rip currents along the US East Coast,” warned the National Weather Service in a social media post on Saturday.
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