Body pulled from water at Bolsa Chica State Beach identified
Authorities have identified the man whose body was found in the water at Bolsa Chica State Beach as Andy Guevara, a 20-year-old man from South Gate.
Around 11:20 a.m. Tuesday, Huntington Beach police officers responded to a call regarding a naked body that had been pulled from the water near Pacific Coast Highway and Seapoint Avenue, said Jennifer Marlatt, public information officer for the Police Department.
Bystanders pulled the body out of the water and started CPR, but authorities determined the man was dead, said Kevin Pearsall, public safety superintendent for California State Parks.
“He had been dead for at least an hour by that time,” Pearsall said this week.
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The body had no signs of trauma, according to Pearsall, who said the man may have drowned.
Marlatt said the man did not match the description of anyone reported missing in Huntington Beach.
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