Crime & Safety

Body Found Floating in Venice Identified as 22-Year-Old Man

Authorities have identified the body that was found floating in the ocean Tuesday near 18th Avenue.

VENICE, CA - Authorities today identified the decomposing human remains found Tuesday in the ocean near Venice as a 22-year-old Bakersfield man.

An autopsy was pending on the body of Anibar Guana, coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said.

The body was spotted by a surfer about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in an ocean area near 18th Avenue, according to county lifeguard officials.

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No information was available on a possible cause of death. Winter said Guana had been reported missing from the Bakersfield area but he did not know when.

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