The body of a man found yesterday floating off a pier in Canton may be that of a freighter crewman who was reported missing Dec. 23. The body was taken to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy and identification, police said.
Detective Dave Peckoo of the homicide unit said a contractor aboard a freighter saw the body about 1 p.m. off Pier 1 in the 2000 block of S. Clinton St. Peckoo said a missing-person report on the crewman had been filed.