Maryland State Police and fire crews recovered the bodies of three Pennsylvania men early Thursday from a manure pit at a Kent County dairy farm.
Police have tentatively identified the victims as Glen W. Nolt, 48, the father, and his two teen-aged sons, Kelvin R. Nolt, 18, and Cleason S. Nolt, 14. The three were found submerged in the 20-foot-deep pit at Centerdel Farm in Kennedyville. The Peach Bottom, Pa., residents were last seen about 2 p.m. Wednesday and were reported missing by concerned family members about 6 p.m., when they did not return to their own farm for milking.
“They are farmers, too, who do their own custom work pumping out manure pits,” said Laura Phitts, who has run the 200-acre farm on Vansant Corner Road since 1992 and currently oversees 180 cows. “They often work all night long on their own, so I was not alarmed, when I noticed the pump kept running.
“But when they didn’t return to their own farm to milk, the family really became alarmed,” she said.
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