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Coroner: Teen’s Body Found In Tailrace Canal

The Berkeley County Coroner’s Office released its 2024 annual death report Monday, highlighting the many types of death investigations the agency handled last year. (FILE)
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BERKELEY COUNTY, S.C.–After a several-hour search, first responders located the body of a missing swimmer Sunday shortly after 10 p.m.

According to Berkeley County Coroner Bill Salisbury, the 15-year-old victim drowned in a swimming accident in the Tailrace Canal in Moncks Corner.

The Berkeley County Rescue Squad and the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office responded to the scene around 8:30 p.m.

The victim has been identified as 15-year-old Donovan Smalley Jr. of Goose Creek