Marietta police said Wednesday that the death of a man whose body was found Tuesday in a Cobb County creek was not suspicious.

The man was identified Wednesday as David Brainerd Hodge IV, 36, of Marietta.

Hodge’s body was discovered by a passerby around 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, face-down in Rottonwood Creek, Marietta police spokesman David Baldwin said.

Baldwin said that while investigators were awaiting autopsy results, “no foul play is suspected.”

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