Housatonic Boater Died Of Natural Causes

A Woodbridge man whose body was found after an extensive, weeklong search in the Housatonic River last week died of natural causes, the Chief State Medical Examiner ruled. 

Richard Fiske, 75, was found in the river Sunday morning. He went missing on Monday, Nov. 28, after checking out a boat from the New Haven Rowing Club in Oxford. 

Click here for a full article from Oxford Patch. 

Click here to read Fiske’s obituary. 

Click here for a Valley Indy article about the search for Fiske last week.

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