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UPDATE: Missing Rehoboth swimmer's body recovered in ocean

Madeleine Overturf
Madeleine Overturf
Evening Broadcast Journalist

Madeleine has been with Draper Media since 2016, when she first worked as Sussex County Bureau Chief. She helped launch the rebranded CoastTV in 2019. As co-anchor of CoastTV News at 5 and 6, Maddie helps organize the evening newscasts and performs managerial responsibilities such as helping find and assign stories, approving scripts, and making content decisions.

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Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025 Updated 1 hr ago

Body found — First responders have recovered a body found in the ocean off Cape Henlopen State Park.

First responders have recovered a body found in the ocean off Cape Henlopen State Park.

LEWES, Del.- The body of a swimmer who went missing in the ocean near Rehoboth Beach on Saturday night has been recovered.

Rehoboth police confirm 27-year-old Gregory Karitu, of Kenya, was found in the ocean off Cape Henlopen State Park around 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

According to the Lewes Fire Department, a kayaker spotted Karitu about 1,000 yards offshore between Herring Point and the Bathhouse.

Officials say the discovery is not connected to the man who fell into the Broadkill River on Tuesday afternoon.

Karitu went missing in the surf off Olive Avenue on Saturday. Police say foul play is not suspected in his death.

Madeleine Overturf

Evening Broadcast Journalist

Madeleine has been with Draper Media since 2016, when she first worked as Sussex County Bureau Chief. She helped launch the rebranded CoastTV in 2019. As co-anchor of CoastTV News at 5 and 6, Maddie helps organize the evening newscasts and performs managerial responsibilities such as helping find and assign stories, approving scripts, and making content decisions.