Salisbury stated that he and his deputy coroners recovered the body from the water and transported it to MUSC for an autopsy.
The body has been identified as 20-year-old Jules Dickson Mappus, Jr. of Charleston.
Mappus has been missing since Feb. 27 of this year.
His car was found on the top of the Ravenel Bridge.
More information will be released after the autopsy.
A lifelong Berkeley County resident, Nikki Gaskins Campbell is an Emmy-nominated journalist with more than 20 years of experience covering news. She is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in broadcast journalism.
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