DeBary, FL – It’s going to take at least a few weeks before authorities know for sure how a 42-year-old DeBary man found floating in the Saint Johns River last week died.
That’s the word from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office after an autopsy was done Tuesday on Walter “Devon” McKinnon.
VCSO spokesman Gary Davidson says the preliminary results are inconclusive and toxicology results will be needed before coming up with an official cause of death. That generally takes a few weeks to get.
McKinnon’s body was found around 2 PM last Friday (January 15) at a private marina in the Meadowlea on the River mobile home community on South Leisure World Drive.
Investigators say a man on a fishing dock spotted the body, leading to VCSO sending out a team of divers on a boat to retrieve the body and bring it back to shore.
VCSO’s Major Case Unit is actively investigating McKinnon’s death after he was reported missing 4 days earlier.
Family members told VCSO McKinnon left his Oak Tree Drive home around 10:30 PM Sunday to go to a friend’s house in DeBary.
Deputies say the residents of that home claim McKinnon left around 11:30 PM and never returned, even though he said he’d be right back.
Walter “Devon” McKinnon (photo courtesy VCSO)
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