Crime & Safety
Man's Body Found Off Sonoma County Coast
BREAKING: The coroner's office is working to identify the man and determine how he died.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA — A man's body was recovered from the water off Russian Gulch State Beach Saturday, and the Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner's Office was working Tuesday to determine his identity and how he died.
Sheriff's deputies, state park rangers and Monte Rio Fire personnel responded at 12:45 p.m. Saturday to reports of a possible drowning at the state beach near Jenner but upon their arrival, bystanders had already pulled the deceased man ashore, sheriff's official said.
The death remained under investigation Tuesday.
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According to sheriff's officials, the man was in his late 50s or 60s, had short hair and full facial hair, and was wearing blue jeans, a black shirt and tennis shoes.
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