Man dies after jumping off Santa Monica Pier
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Authorities have identified a man who died after jumping off the Santa Monica Pier.
He was 37-year-old Travis Ford of Los Angeles, coroner’s Lt. Larry Dietz said Sunday.
Ford jumped from the pier just before 11:30 p.m. Friday, the Santa Monica Police Department said. Search teams located his body at 9:37 a.m. Saturday, a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher said.
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