Kids found body in Maumee River while fishing in east Toledo

A body was found in the Maumee River in east Toledo on Sunday afternoon.

The body was located between the Docks and International Park just before 3 p.m.

According to a Toledo Fire and Rescue Department battalion chief, a group of kids were fishing when one of them caught his hook on the body. The kids thought it was a log and reeled it in, only to realize it was a body.

According to TFRD, the body looks to have been in the sea for “weeks.”

The identity of the body is unknown.

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