Body Washed Ashore In Westport Identified As Trumbull Man: PD

WESTPORT, CT — Police said they have identified a body found along the shore Thursday morning in Westport. According to Lieutenant Jillian Cabana, Westport Police received a call at approximately 8:45 a.m. regarding a body that had washed up along the shore in the area of 132 Beachside Avenue.

Upon arrival, officers located an elderly man lying approximately 150 feet from the roadway. Cabana said the man was pronounced deceased by Westport EMS on scene and later transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, where an autopsy will be performed.

Cabana said the deceased was identified as Antonio Dopoco, 86, of Trumbull.

The incident remains under investigation by members of the Westport Police Department Detective Bureau, however his death is not being treated as suspicious, Cabana said. Beachside Avenue was temporarily closed to through traffic but has since been reopened.