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UPDATE: Body of Packers OC Philibin's son recovered from Wisc. river

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by rmanfredi, Jan 9, 2012.

  1. rmanfredi

    rmanfredi Active Member

    Wasn't quite sure where else to put this and didn't know if it needs its own thread yet, but...police are searching for the 21-year-old son of Packers' OC Joe Philbin, who was reported missing on Sunday after visiting friends in at UW-Oshkosh over the weekend. The police are also searching the Fox River after receiving a report that a person might have fallen into the icy river on Sunday morning.

    http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20120109/OSH0101/301090053/Story-photos-Divers-search-Fox-River-Oshkosh-possible-drowning-victim

    As of right now, they are treating the two cases as separate incidents, although Deadspin was kind enough to let people know via a "tipster" that the "part of the river where they body went missing is the perfect place to go for a drunken piss at 2am."

    http://deadspin.com/5874449/
     
    rmanfredi, Jan 9, 2012
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  2. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    Re: 21-Year-Old Son of Packers OC Philbin Reported Missing in Oshkosh, WI

    Body was recovered. It's a young white male.
     
    Gutter, Jan 9, 2012
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  3. Gutter

    Gutter Well-Known Member

    Re: 21-Year-Old Son of Packers OC Philbin Reported Missing in Oshkosh, WI

    Been confirmed the body is Joe Philbin's son, Michael.
     
    Gutter, Jan 9, 2012
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  4. rmanfredi

    rmanfredi Active Member

    Re: 21-Year-Old Son of Packers OC Philbin Reported Missing in Oshkosh, WI

    Link: http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/01/09/report-packers-told-body-of-michael-philbin-has-been-identified/related/

    Topic title changed. What a horrible thing.
     
    rmanfredi, Jan 9, 2012
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  5. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Tragic story. This is 2nd Packer OC who lost a son. Ray Sherman's son was killed when he accidentally shot himself in the head.
     
    Boom_70, Jan 9, 2012
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  6. IllMil

    IllMil Active Member

    I remember that. There was a lot of debate over whether it was an accident or a suicide.

    What a terrible story this is. It will be interesting to see if he coaches on Sunday.
     
    IllMil, Jan 9, 2012
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  7. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    Do they have a cause of death?
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Jan 9, 2012
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  8. IllMil

    IllMil Active Member

    2:30 a.m. on a Saturday night on a college campus, most likely alcohol induced drowning. And if you didn't drown, hypothermia would set in pretty quickly.
     
    IllMil, Jan 9, 2012
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  9. franticscribe

    franticscribe Well-Known Member

    How soon until someone claims to have found some smile face graffiti nearby?
     
    franticscribe, Jan 9, 2012
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  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Amazingly strange things happening to assistant coaches in the playoffs. First the Steeler assistant and now this.
     
    93Devil, Jan 9, 2012
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  11. Herbert Anchovy

    Herbert Anchovy Active Member

    The stories I've seen are reporting the guy was convicted in 2009 of sexually assaulting two teenaged girls.
     
    Herbert Anchovy, Jan 10, 2012
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