SPRING LAKE - The body of 15-year-old Josiah Jeremiah Robison, who died after a rip current pulled him away from the shore in Spring Lake over Labor Day weekend, has been recovered.

Spring Lake police Chief Edward Kerr confirmed that Robison's body was discovered washed up on the beach in Spring Lake around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday, about a quarter mile from where he first went missing.

A passerby spotted Robison’s body and called police at 5:37 a.m., Kerr said.

While swimming at Brighton Avenue Beach around 2:45 p.m. Sunday Robison and his 13-year-old sister appeared to be taken away by a rip current, police said. A bystander was able to pull Robison's sister safely from the water.

Kerr said Robison’s family had been notified. "We're very happy were able to bring him home to his family," he said Wednesday morning.

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Robison's grandmother was grieving with community members, Kerr and Spring Lake Mayor Jennifer Naughton at a makeshift memorial dedicated to Robison in a nearby gazebo. On Tuesday, community members stopped by the memorial to share thoughts and prayers.

Robison's body has been turned over to the Office of the Middlesex County Medical Examiner, Kerr said. It was unclear Wednesday whether there would be an autopsy.

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