Authorities are investigating the “unattended death” of a 60-year-old man who was found deceased on his live-aboard sailboat at the Deltaville Yachting Center in Deltaville on Monday, reported Maj. M.E. Sampson of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Office.
According to Maj. Sampson, Robert Scott Smith from West Point had not been heard from since Saturday. He was discovered by a person scheduled to work on his boat about 1 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13.
At this time there appears to be no evidence of foul play, said Maj. Sampson, adding that an autopsy will be performed by a state medical examiner, which is reportedly standard procedure for a death where no one else was present. The deceased man was transported to the medical examiner’s office in Richmond by Bristow-Faulkner Funeral Home on Monday.
