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Authorities Investigate 2 Separate Cases of Bodies Found in SoCal Waters
How did two bodies end up in the waters off SoCal's coast within a 24-hour-period? Two separate cases are under investigation in two counties, says L.A. Now.
The first incident involves the body of 32-year-old Sarah Overholser of Oxnard, whose body was removed from the waters Monday afternoon at Point Mugu State Park in Ventura County. So far, a cause of death has not been determined. "County fire officials say it's unknown how long her body was in the water," KEYT reports. "Her body was nude, but that's not uncommon for those in the water for some time, said Ventura County sheriff's spokesman Mike Aranda," according to the VC Star.
In L.A. County, the body of a 50-year-old man whose identity has not yet been released was discovered Tuesday morning in the surf off Venice Beach. The man had been taken by paramedics off the beach just hours earlier for treatment for seizures at an area hospital. "It was unclear how he left the hospital and wound up again at the beach," notes L.A. Now.
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