67-Year-Old Woman Found Floating, Dead Off Pacifica Coast Identified

PACIFICA, CA — A Moraga woman who was found floating Sunday evening in the surf of a Pacifica beach had been reported missing just hours earlier in Orinda, according to Orinda police.

Chia-Yi Wu, 67, had been staying with friends in Orinda and was reported missing around 3 p.m. Sunday, Orinda police Sgt. Levi Terrill said.

Later that evening, around 7:40 p.m., police in Pacifica responded to a report of a body in the water at the south end of Sharp Park Beach.

Paramedics were able to pull the victim, later identified as Wu, out of the water and attempted life-saving measures but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Pacifica police Capt. Joe Spanheimer said that while Wu's death remains under investigation, for now "it's not a criminal investigation."

— By Bay City News Service.