CARMEL – A body was found in the Croton Falls Reservoir off Daisy Lane in the southern portion of Carmel Sunday afternoon.

Putnam Coroner John Bourges pronounced the man dead.

Undersheriff James Menton said additional information regarding the victim would be released on Monday.

During a holiday gathering in Brewster Sunday evening word among the Spanish-speaking community was that the victim was a taxicab driver from Danbury who had been missing since December 1.

Danbury Police had asked for the public’s assistance in locating 66-year-old Aurelio Zhunio-Orbez, who was last observed at 11:30 a.m. that morning with his livery vehicle outside the Metro-North Brewster Railroad station on Main Street in the village.

Menton noted that his department was working with the Danbury Police Depa

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