The man was approximately 65 years old, state police said. His name is not being released at this time.
A man's body was found in the Breakheart Reservation in Saugus, Massachusetts, on Wednesday evening, state police said.
The man's body was found near the base of a rock formation with injuries consistent with a fall, according to the Essex County District Attorney's Office. While the cause and manner of the man's death were still under investigation Thursday, foul play was not suspected.
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The man was a 65-year-old resident of Saugus, according to police, who said they believed the man hiked in the reservation. He was looking for something of his that was missing, prosecutors said.
State police detectives responded to the reservation after the body was discovered in a wooded area around 6 p.m., police said.
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His body was found by a family friend, part of a group searching for him after he didn't return from home from the reservation. His body was found a few hundred yards into the reservation, adjacent to a formation called Castle Rock. Authorities were working to figure out if the man suffered a fall from the 30-foot rock.
The man had not been identified as of Thursday morning.
