Editor’s note: This story has been updated.
Authorities have identified the body recovered from a Beaufort County waterway Tuesday morning as 63-year-old Daufuskie Island resident Richard “Dickie” Phelps, who had been reported missing five days earlier.
Beaufort County Deputy Coroner Shane Bowers confirmed in a news release that a body was “pulled from the water,” and later confirmed the man’s identity. Phelps’ cause of death was pending autopsy as of 4 p.m. Tuesday…