Published on November 02, 2020

Wheeling Police announced Monday the man’s body found near the Shilling Bridge in Little Wheeling Creek on Oct. 28 has been identified as Brian James Dougherty, 50 of McKeesport, Pa.

Dougherty was reported missing Oct. 26 to authorities in Allegheny County, Pa. At this time, a cause and manner of death has not yet been determined by the West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office. The case remains under investigation.