Lower Bucks Co. Man ID'd After Body Recovered In Bay

UPPER SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP, PA — The body of a township man who disappeared while clamming in the Sandy Hook Bay (N.J.) has been identified.

New Jersey State Police troopers pulled the body of Eric Daviduk, 64, of Southampton, from the waters of Sandy Hook Bay on Wednesday afternoon.

A passing boater noticed a body in the bay at 4:06 p.m. on Wednesday and called 911.

Daviduk was last seen Monday in the area of the Atlantic Highlands town marina.

His motorboat, which police say was set up for commercial clamming, was found empty and floating in the water at 10:45 a.m. Monday near the SeaStreak ferry dock in Atlantic Highlands.

Atlantic Highlands Police, other local police agencies, NYPD and NJ State Police searched throughout Monday night and into Tuesday for the man.

Patch Staff Writer Carly Baldwin contributed to this story