Body found in river identified as Shark Tank contestant

Philip Reitnour was found dead on Saturday in the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia

A body pulled from a Pennsylvania river has been identified as a former contestant who appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank.

Philip Reitnour, 58, was found dead in the Schuylkill River near Walnut Street in Philadelphia on Saturday, authorities say.

He appeared on Shark Tank as the entrepreneur behind the app ‘Emergensee’, which is an app that connects users with pre-set safety contacts when they don’t feel safe. 

It then gave users a way to provide live-streams of their emergencies, and locations, to rescuers or their safety contacts.

The 58-year-old father-of-four pitched the app during an episode from October 2014, but none of the sharks bit. 

When his body was found, it appeared to have a gunshot wound to the forehead, investigators said, according to Pennlive.com.   

 

He appeared on Shark Tank as the entrepreneur behind the app ' Emergensee ', which is an app that connects users with pre-set safety contacts when they don't feel safe (above)

He appeared on Shark Tank as the entrepreneur behind the app ‘ Emergensee ‘, which is an app that connects users with pre-set safety contacts when they don’t feel safe (above)

His body was pulled from the Schuylkill River near Walnut Street on Saturday afternoon. When his body was found, it appeared to have a gunshot wound to the forehead, investigators said (scene above)

His body was pulled from the Schuylkill River near Walnut Street on Saturday afternoon. When his body was found, it appeared to have a gunshot wound to the forehead, investigators said (scene above)

The medical examiner has not ruled on the cause of his death. Police are still investigating. 

Chase Doran recounted discovering the body in the river and how shocked he was .

‘I was walking down the bridge here and looked over and saw something floating in the water,’ Doran told CBS Philly.

He quickly realized that it was a body and called 911. 

‘My heart started beating really fast and I got a really weird feeling in my stomach because this is not something I see every day.’  

The medical examiner has not ruled on the cause of his death. Police are still investigating (scene above)

The medical examiner has not ruled on the cause of his death. Police are still investigating (scene above)

Reitnour was being sued and was roughly three million dollars in debt, according to court records obtained by WPVI

Reitnour was being sued and was roughly three million dollars in debt, according to court records obtained by WPVI

Reitnour was being sued and was roughly three million dollars in debt, according to court records obtained by WPVI. 

He is a University of Delaware graduate and reportedly lived in the Philadelphia area.

He previously told the Huffington Post that he created Emergensee after his wife lost her battle to breast cancer.

Reitnour said he promised her that he would keep their four children safe and went on to present the app on the popular ABC Show.     

 

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