Body Found Floating in Pacific Ocean off Point Loma Avenue

An unidentified body was discovered off Point Loma Avenue in Ocean Beach Friday morning, November 9.

First responders were notified of the body seen floating off the coast near the terminus of Point Loma Ave. around 9:30 a..m. With law enforcement okay, lifeguards removed it, transporting it initially to Lifeguard Headquarters in Mission Bay. The body was then taken to the County Medical Examiner’s Office.

According to police, the body had been in the ocean “a while”.

There is no news from the coroner’s office as of this writing. So, we don’t know who it was or how they died.

Police informed the media they would be handling the discovery as a death report and not sending a homicide team to investigate.

Sources:

10News

San Diego Union-Tribune

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