Body Washes Up At Georgetown Waterfront | News

WASHINGTON  (WUSA) -- Hundreds of people enjoying a beautiful Saturday morning at the Georgetown Waterfront found themselves in the middle of a grisly death investigation.

District Police and first responders swarmed the banks of the creek behind Thompson's Boat House, after someone enjoying the unusually pleasant morning came across the unusually unpleasant sight of a body half submerged in the water.

Friday night a report of a body near the boathouse sent police on a search that came up short. Saturday morning the body washed up across from the Swedish embassy.

It's not clear what if any evidence was collected on that scene or near the body. Many tourists and visitors got caught up in a CSI investigation that closed off for hours a portion of the waterfront.

The body has been transported to the medical examiners' office to determine a cause of death.