An intensive search using cadaver dogs in Gates has found the body of what police believe is a missing Gates man.
Gates Police Chief James VanBrederode says Donald Phillips was last seen on November 3rd. The body believed to be his was found in a creek near Buffalo Road and Wegman Road. The 57-year-old man lived in an apartment complex and was known to walk along Wegman Road to restaurants and bars in the Buffalo-Wegman-Pixley Roads area.
The chief says the body was found about half-an-hour into the search on Sunday and has been sent to the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office. He says the warmer weather which melted the snow cover was a big help, and he says the Phillips family is very appreciative of everyone’s efforts to find him.