Monday, January 9, 2012

Packers Sources: Body Pulled From River Is Philbin

((HT: WBAY-TV Green Bay))

The Green Bay Packers put out the following statement Monday afternoon:

"The Packers organization is aware of the missing person report regarding Michael Philbin, son of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin. Our thoughts and prayers are with the Philbin family during this difficult time. We ask anyone with information about Michael to contact the Oshkosh Police Department."

A body was pulled from the Fox River in Oshkosh mid-afternoon and local police only would say that the body was that of an individual in the 20-25 years old range. They wouldn't go into any further detail pending notification of relatives.

Michael Philbin, son of Packers OC Joe Philbin, disappeared Sunday evening and local authorities had been searching near the Wisconsin-Oshkosh campus.

Albert Breer of NFL Network has reported that Packers staff and players were told that the body was identified as that of Michael...

From Breer's Twitter feed:

RT @jasonjwilde #Packers players have indeed been informed the body of offensive coordinator Joe Philbin's son, Michael, has been ID'ed.


More when we know more...

PM UPDATE: Here's the early report from WBAY-TV

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