Overview
- Charleston Police Harbor Patrol and partner agencies responded around 8:45 a.m. to a report of a body in the water near Patriots Point.
- The Charleston County Coroner’s Office confirmed the deceased as 19-year-old College of Charleston student Owen Kenney.
- Detectives say video recorded him on the Ravenel Bridge pedestrian walkway at 3:49 a.m. on Oct. 31 and determined he died by suicide.
- Investigators reported his phone’s last recorded location on the bridge around that time, and the search shifted from rescue to recovery earlier this week.
- Multiple specialized units participated, including Harbor Patrol, the Underwater Recovery Team and an Unmanned Aerial System Team, and the police chief asked the public to respect the family’s privacy.