Crime & Safety

David Riek's Cause of Death Released

Officials release the cause of death for David Riek, the Ridgefield man who had gone missing this weekend.

 

The death of the whose body was found yesterday in Ridgefield has been deemed a suicide, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. 

David Riek, 44, was reported missing last Saturday morning after he went for a jog but never came home. His afternoon by volunteers who aided police in a search of around the Florida Hill Road area.

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