Man's body found at Disney World; sixth death at Disney properties in recent months

Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at Walt Disney World over the weekend.

This marks the sixth reported death at Disney World properties since October, according to reports from the New York Post and The Independent.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office said deputies were called to Disney Springs, a shopping and dining district within the Orlando resort, shortly before 9 pm on Friday local time. The body was found near East Buena Vista Drive, police confirmed.

Officials added that no further details would be released and said they did not expect to provide additional updates over the weekend.

The latest death is the first reported at Disney World in the new year, but it follows a series of fatalities across Disney properties in recent months, most of them in Florida, according to the New York Post.

On October 14, 31-year-old Sumer Equitz, described as a Disney superfan, was found dead at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in what authorities said appeared to be a suicide.

Days later, on October 21, a man in his 60s died from a medical episode on a trail at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort & Campground.

On October 23, 28-year-old Matthew Alec Cohn died in an apparent suicide after falling from an upper floor of a Disney hotel.