Local law enforcement officials have opened a probe following the recovery of a 67-year-old local resident’s body from the Marchand River earlier this month.
The incident unfolded on the afternoon of Friday, June 5, 2026, when personnel from the Marchand Police Station received an emergency alert just after 5:20 p.m. alerting them to the presence of an unidentified body in the waterway. Officers were dispatched to the site immediately, and upon arrival, they located Andrew Yarde, a 67-year-old resident of Bishop’s Gap, Marchand, floating face down in the river with no signs of responsiveness.
Initial examinations of the body found no visible evidence of foul play or traumatic injury. A medical professional attended the scene and formally pronounced Yarde dead at the location shortly after first responders arrived.
As of the latest update, the investigating team has not yet released details about how Yarde came to be in the river or the exact cause of his death, with inquiries into the circumstances of the incident still ongoing.