A news outlet based out of Pennsylvania has reported that a treasurer from a horseperson’s organization has been found deceased after having been missing since February.

An article by WGAL News 8 states that the body of Matthew Carter, 35, was found in the Susquehanna River at City Island this past weekend (during the afternoon of Sunday, March 20).

WGAL News 8 has cited a press statement from the local coroner’s office as saying that an autopsy was performed this morning (Tuesday, March 22) and it was determined that Carter’s cause of death was fresh-water drowning.

The release from the coroner’s office also states that ‘no suspicious circumstances’ surround the case.

News of Carter’s disappearance was featured last week in an article by The Paulick Report. The item had stated that police had been looking for Carter, who was the treasurer of the Pennsylvania Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association at Penn National racetrack.

The Paulick Report article states that there was an ongoing investigation into accounting irregularities at the HBPA in which Carter was treasurer.

Carter graduated from the University of Arizona’s Racetrack Industry Program in 2009.

Please join Standardbred Canada in offering condolences to the family and friends of Matthew Carter.

(With files from WGAL News 8 and The Paulick Report)