UPDATE: Police recover body of missing Denton man

1:40 p.m. UPDATE: Police say they have recovered the body of Alvin Ciprich.

At around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Caroline County Department of Emergency Services received a 911 call for a reported drowning in the 25900 block of Hignutt Road in Denton. Officials arrived at the scene and found a male, confirmed to be Ciprich, deceased in a pond approximately a quarter mile off the roadway.

Ciprich was taken to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner to determine the cause and manner of death.

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DENTON, Md. – The Caroline County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a critically missing person.

Police say 61-year-old Alvin Ciprich was last seen in the 25500 block of Hignutt Road at around 11 p.m. Monday. Ciprich suffers from Alzheimer’s and may be non-verbal. He is approximately 6′ tall, 300 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes, and was last seen wearing grey sweatpants and an orange shirt.

Ciprich is believed to be on foot.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to contact Lt. Rodney Helmer at 410-479-5029 or 410-479-2515.