Authorities have found body of Hanover teenager last seen swimming in Albemarle, his father said

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Authorities have found body of Hanover teenager last seen swimming in Albemarle, his father said
BY REED WILLIAMS Richmond Times-Dispatch 21 min ago



Henry Christian Morin

Authorities have recovered the body of a Hanover County teenager last seen Tuesday swimming in an abandoned quarry with friends near Schuyler, his father said Thursday.

Patrick Morin said an Albemarle police detective called him shortly before noon and told him that his son, Henry Christian Morin, had been found. The 18-year-old Patrick Henry High School senior would have graduated June 15, on his 19th birthday, his father said. ... "My son died living the way he lived his life — adventurous and fearless," his father said in a phone interview.

Albemarle County police have been searching for the Doswell teenager since Tuesday. The police were summoned to assist fire and rescue personnel about 6 p.m. that day in the 8700 block of Schuyler Road, near the road's intersection with Quarry Hill Lane. ... His father said he and some friends went swimming after a senior picnic.

The area was the center of soapstone mining from the late 1890s throughout the 20th century. The activity left several deep quarries with ponds that can be 45 feet deep or deeper.

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The Daily Progress contributed to this report.