Crime & Safety

Indian Rocks Intercoastal Death Identified

The body of Luis Serrano was found in waters of Indian Rocks Beach on Sunday morning. Witnesses report seeing him walk off the dock and into the water.

The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office has identified a man who may have walked off the dock behind the Holiday Inn Harbourside Hotel and Marina at Indian Rocks Beach as 36-year-old Luis Serrano.

Serrano lived in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and was in the Army stationed at
Fort Carson. Deputies say Serrano was in the Bay Area for a week of training.

A Sheriff's Office spokesperson says around 5:30 Sunday morning, a witness called 911 and reported seeing a man who was very intoxicated walking down the dock area behind the hotel. The caller said that as the man approached a turn in the dock, he continued to walk straight ahead and walked off the dock into the water.

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Deputies say that a witness who saw the man from a hotel window called 911 and went to help, but the man was unresponsive. 

Fire rescue responders retrieved the man's body shortly after 6:00 a.m. 

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Serrano's family was found and notified in Colorado Springs late Sunday.

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