The grisly discovery was made around 10:30 a.m. about 10 blocks north of the Jacksonville Beach Pier.
– A Jacksonville Beach paddleboarder on Wednesday morning found the body of a man floating about 100 yards offshore, according to the Jacksonville Beach Police Department.
Police said the paddleboarder pulled the body to shore but the agency did not release the man’s identity.who went missing in the ocean south of the Jacksonville Beach pier Sunday evening . Newkirk was swimming with a group when some of them went into distress, lifeguards said. Everyone else made it to the shore, but he was nowhere to be found.
Police said no further information will be available until a positive identification can be made by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
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