After three days of searching, emergency officials believe they have found the body of Cory Dominic Cook.
Manor Township police said that shortly before 6 p.m. Monday, recovery efforts got underway to retrieve Cook’s body from water. Crews had been searching for him along the Allegheny River around Manor in Armstrong County.
Cook, 31, of Avonmore, was last seen Thursday. He was said to be suffering from paranoid delusions and hallucinations.
Authorities began the search Saturday and continued it Sunday and Monday, focusing their efforts along the Allegheny River between Water Street and Kittanning’s sewage treatment plant.
Cook’s rental car had been found abandoned near the Judge J. Frank Graff Bridge, which connects Manor Township and North Buffalo via routes 28 and 422.
Multiple emergency agencies were involved in the river search.
A specialized recovery team took over operations Monday evening. The nearby Armstrong Trail is closed while those operations are taking place, police said.
The multi-day search for Cook involved scent dogs, search teams, side-scan sonar and rescue divers.
