Lumberton Man's Body Recovered From Cape Fear River
The body of Ralph Reaves, 36, of Lumberton, was recovered Monday from the Cape Fear River after a two day search. Ronald Skipper, also of Lumberton, told officers they set out in a 16 foot boat from Elizabethtown and ran out of gas near the Cape Fear bridge. Reaves did not survive. his body was found about 300 yards north of the bridge after searches by the New Hanover County Sheriff's Department, rescue squads, private boats and Civil Air Patrol planes. Skipper was treated at a hospital and released.
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