Baltimore police identify body recovered from Inner Harbor as missing man

Baltimore police have identified the body recovered from the Inner Harbor as Branson Oduor, the 27-year-old last seen outside The Horse You Came In On Saloon in Fells Point in the early hours of April 4. His recovery from the water in the 500 block of East Pratt Street turned a missing-person search into an active death investigation in the heart of Baltimore’s waterfront nightlife corridor.

Police said Oduor was last seen about 2:15 a.m. Saturday, April 4, standing outside the saloon on the 1600 block of Thames Street. By 12:19 p.m. Sunday, April 5, he had been officially reported missing. Investigators described him as about 5 feet 9 inches tall and 150 pounds, wearing a dark-colored jacket and a white-and-tan hat when he was last seen. That leaves a two-day gap between the last confirmed sighting in Fells Point and the recovery in the Inner Harbor that police have not yet fully explained.

CBS Baltimore reported that Oduor’s body was found shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday. Family members had spent days searching for him, including his mother, Millicent Oduor, his girlfriend, Emily Costa, and his father, who flew in from Kenya. Costa said she called for a wellness check when he did not return home, and his mother said the disappearance was shocking because he usually called.

The case has hit Baltimore especially hard because it connects two of the city’s most visible late-night and waterfront destinations. Fells Point draws crowds to Thames Street bars and restaurants, while the Inner Harbor remains one of Baltimore’s most heavily trafficked public spaces. Police have said the investigation remains active, and the timeline now centers on what happened after Oduor left the Fells Point bar district and before his body was recovered in the harbor.

The death has also renewed calls for changes around the waterfront. A petition circulating after the recovery calls for protective railings or barriers, better lighting, and accessible emergency ladders and lifesavers at the Inner Harbor. Mayor Brandon Scott said the city could not simply say a railing or fence would have prevented the tragedy. In an April 1 statement, city officials said Baltimore had recorded 28 homicides and 61 non-fatal shootings so far in 2026, a reminder that even a non-homicide waterfront death can reshape the city’s public safety conversation.