Cambridge Police Investigating Body Found in Fresh Pond

The Cambridge Police Department and Middlesex District Attorney’s Office are investigating a body found in the water at Fresh Pond Tuesday morning.

CPD first responded to reports of a body in the water around 11:30 a.m. on the northeastern edge of the pond, according to recordings of a dispatch call that were made public on an online police scanner.

A preliminary investigation indicated that the body appeared to have been in the water for “an extended period of time,” according to a Tuesday afternoon press release from CPD and the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office.

As of around 1 p.m., Massachusetts State Police and CPD officers remained on the scene.

A CPD spokesperson declined to provide further detail on the ongoing investigation. Authorities have not publicly identified the person.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

—Staff writer Shawn A. Boehmer can be reached at [email protected] and on Signal at shawnb.18. Follow him on X @ShawnBoehmer.

—Staff writer Claire A. Michal can be reached at [email protected] and on Signal at ClaireMichal.154.