Questions stay in demise of Lynn man who went lacking earlier this month

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Dickson “Joel” De Los Reyes Gomez went lacking on his means residence from a celebration in Chelsea. Police later discovered his physique in a Revere marsh.

Dickson “Joel” De Los Reyes Gomez. His physique was discovered June 16, 2023, in Revere.

Many unknowns stay within the demise of 24-year-old Dickson “Joel” De Los Reyes Gomez, who vanished earlier this month on his means residence from a celebration in Chelsea and turned up lifeless in a Revere marsh days later.

The Lynn man bought right into a Lyft exterior 168 Shurtleff St. in Chelsea at 3:42 a.m. on June 11, and the trip ended about 14 minutes later, Massachusetts State Police mentioned final Friday. 

De Los Reyes Gomez by no means returned residence.

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State police mentioned his cellphone dialed 911 after the trip ended, however the name disconnected and police made a number of unsuccessful makes an attempt to name him again. The 911 name reportedly got here from the realm across the American Legion Freeway in Revere.

State police divers recovered De Los Reyes Gomez’s physique from the Rumney Marsh Reservation alongside Route 107 shortly after 8:30 p.m. final Friday, officers mentioned.

Thus far, particulars from the investigation into De Los Reyes Gomez’s disappearance and demise have been scant.

Investigators advised The Boston Globe they discovered no indicators that De Los Reyes Gomez had suffered any exterior trauma, although a Massachusetts State Police spokesperson mentioned Tuesday that officers had been nonetheless ready for toxicology take a look at outcomes. State police didn’t instantly reply to Boston.com’s request for particulars.

Authorities additionally reviewed digital camera footage and interviewed the Lyft driver and different individuals who attended the occasion in Chelsea, the state police spokesperson advised the Globe.

De Los Reyes Gomez is survived by his mother and father, Angel and Marta De Los Reyes Gomez, and siblings Flor, Marta, Angela, and Elizabeth, in accordance with his obituary. 

“On a regular basis that handed I hoped that we had been going to search out him alive,” his mom advised Boston 25 Information. 

De Los Reyes Gomez studied drugs in Guatemala and moved to the realm in 2020, in accordance with Boston 25. The outline on a GoFundMe web page to cowl his funeral prices famous that considered one of his desires was to assist low-income folks.

Talking to Boston 25, De Los Reyes Gomez’s mother and father referred to as for solutions in his disappearance and demise. 

“I need justice for my son,” his mom mentioned.