Body pulled from Cuyahoga River identified as Maryland dad who vanished after NFL game

A body pulled from the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland has been identified as a missing Maryland father who vanished after traveling to the city for the Steelers-Browns game last week.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Phoenix Phillips, 24, of Perryville, Maryland. Phillips had been missing since Friday morning, hours after attending the game with a friend.

Cleveland police spokesperson Sgt. Freddy Diaz previously told Fox News Digital that the body was recovered shortly after 1 p.m. Tuesday and taken to the medical examiner's office for an autopsy.

The medical examiner's online records did not list a cause or manner of death Wednesday evening.

Cleveland police had asked for the public's help finding Phoenix Phillips, 24, who was reported missing after traveling to Cleveland with a friend for the Steelers-Browns game. (Cleveland Division of Police)

Cleveland police could not immediately be reached Wednesday evening despite phone and email inquiries from Fox News Digital.

Phillips was last seen at about 6 a.m. Friday in downtown Cleveland, the Cleveland Division of Police said in a missing-person alert.

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Police said Phillips may have been traveling on foot and described the circumstances surrounding his disappearance as "concerning."

Phoenix Phillips, a 24-year-old father from the Baltimore area, was last seen Friday morning in Cleveland after traveling to the city for the Steelers-Browns game. (Cleveland Division of Police)

Phillips, a father of a 2-year-old boy, was from the Baltimore area and traveled to Cleveland with a friend to attend Thursday night's Steelers-Browns game, Cleveland Missing co-founder Sylvia Colon told Fox News Digital.

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Phillips became separated from the friend he was with before he disappeared, Diaz previously told ABC affiliate WEWS.

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The Cleveland Browns' stadium sits on the waterfront. (Getty Images)

"He's from out of state, so he was in town visiting and at some point kind of got separated from the person he was with, and after that, you know, we're still trying to determine what actually happened," Diaz said.

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Detectives had been searching the area where Phillips was last seen, looking for surveillance video and following tips that could help determine what happened after he became separated from his friend, Diaz told the station.

Members of Phillips' family had traveled to Cleveland to search for him, while Cleveland Missing helped provide fliers and other assistance, Colon previously told Fox News Digital.

It remains unclear what happened to Phillips after he became separated from his friend or how he ended up in the Cuyahoga River.