By WKTV Staff
joanne@wktv.org

At approximately 2:50 p.m. on April 17, 2023, police and fire personnel from the Wyoming Department of Public Safety assisted by The City of Grandville Police and Fire Departments responded to the 2300 block of Indian Mounds on the report of a suspicious object, believed to be a human body, floating in The Grand River.

 

When officers arrived, they located a deceased subject in the water. The Kent County Sheriff’s Office Dive Team responded to assist with the underwater recovery of the body. The subject has been preliminarily identified as a 36-year-old male from the Grandville area. 

The Kent County Medical Examiner’s office has performed an autopsy and ruled the subject’s death an accidental drowning. The individual was identified as 36-year-old Matthew Hinton from the Kent County Area. Wyoming Department of Public Safety Detectives are still investigating the circumstances that brought Matthew into the waters of the Grand River.