Crime & Safety
Body Found In Petaluma River ID'd As Local Homeless Man
Cause of death is still pending.
The Sonoma County coroner’s office has identified a man who was found dead in the Petaluma River late Saturday night as 57-year-old Michael Coleman, a Petaluma-area transient.
Petaluma police officers and firefighters responded to the river north of Payran Street around 11:40 p.m. Saturday, police Sgt. Ed Crosby said.
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Coleman’s body was difficult to access and was removed from the river Sunday morning.
An autopsy was conducted Tuesday and the cause of death is pending toxicology tests.
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--Bay City News
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