A Navy veteran dad has been found dead near a resort in a popular family vacation destination
Michigan police are investigating the mysterious drowning death of a father of two and Navy veteran who was last seen with his family at a popular vacation spot in Frankenmuth – a Bavarian-inspired town between Saginaw and Flint.
The Frankenmuth Police Department (FPD) and its dive teams found and pulled Robert Loren Bacon, 52, from the Cass River near Heritage Park on January 4th.
Bacon’s ex-wife, Melissa McLenna, said Bacon was last seen on Dec. 27 around 7:20 p.m. at the Bavarian Inn Lodge, where he was attending a family gathering.
“He was going to his car to get something and was coming back to the pool to join his family,” McLenna wrote on Facebook on Dec. 29. “He never went back to his family at the pool. The cell phone goes straight to voicemail.”
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A Michigan father was found dead in a river after going to get something in his car on December 27. (Facebook)
FPD said Bacon’s family reported the 52-year-old missing on Dec. 30.
After an extensive search involving multiple agencies and law enforcement teams, along with sniffer dogs and drones, authorities located Bacon in the Cass River and determined his preliminary cause of death to be drowning.
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Bacon was last seen alive on December 27 at the Bavarian Inn Lodge, where he was attending a family gathering. (Google maps)
A final decision is pending from the Saginaw County Medical Examiner’s Office.
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The Frankenmuth Police Department and its dive teams found and pulled Robert Loren Bacon, 52, from the Cass River near Heritage Park on Jan. 4. (Google maps)
Police continue to investigate Bacon’s death.
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“I have no words to describe how sad we feel [sic] I just want to say thank you to everyone who helped look for Robert, thank you to everyone who prayed for us and continues to pray for us [sic],” McLenna wrote on Facebook on January 4.
