Crime & Safety
Body Found off Redondo Beach
A man's body is discovered about five miles off the coast of Redondo Beach.
A man whose body was recovered from the ocean about five miles off the coast of Redondo Beach committed suicide, authorities said Monday.
The U.S. Coast Guard found the body after a report about 1:30 p.m. Sunday of a boat without anyone at the helm, according to Sgt. Brent Carlson of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department's Marina del Rey Station.
The victim rented a boat from Fisherman Village in Marina del Rey around 11:15 a.m. Sunday, Carlson said. The victim's body was found floating not far from the rented boat, he said.
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Investigators determined the death was a suicide, Deputy Kim Manatt of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau said without elaboration.
The victim's name was being withheld pending family notification, said coroner's Lt. Joe Bale.
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—City News Service.
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