(KRON) — The skeletal stays of a human physique had been recovered close to Bodega Bay on Tuesday, the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed to KRON4.
Deputies responded to Bodega Dunes Campground after the U.S. Coast Guard reported a attainable lifeless physique at 11:34 a.m. The sheriff’s workplace situated the corpse, which they mentioned had washed up on the seaside north of Bodega Bay.
The identification of the physique was not instantly identified. Because of the situation of the stays, it “will take some time to confirm the identity,” the sheriff’s workplace mentioned in a press release.
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The Sonoma County Hearth District and California State Parks assisted within the response.
The invention of the stays comes lower than two months after two boats capsized in Bodega Bay amid turbulent water situations, leading to a number of our bodies being recovered and extra nonetheless lacking. Just one survivor, a 13-year-old San Jose boy, was situated within the lethal incidents that occurred on Nov. 2 and Nov. 4.
It’s unknown if the stays recovered on Tuesday are related to the November boating tragedies.
Within the Nov. 2 incident, a household was fishing for crab among the many waters of Bodega Bay when all six on board went into the Pacific because the boat capsized. The 13-year-old survived floating on a cooler and washing ashore the following morning. The physique of a 17-year-old boy was recovered shortly after.
On Nov. 12, one other physique believed to be from the identical capsized boat was recovered off the coast of Bodega Head. Three others stay lacking.
Within the Nov. 4 incident, two individuals on board a ship in Bodega Bay fatally capsized as harmful water situations impacted the coast. One of many deceased victims was recovered. The opposite stays lacking.
