3 bodies wash ashore along San Mateo coastline over holiday weekend
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A view of the coastline between Watsonville and Half Moon Bay during a helicopter flight which was chartered to search for the remains of 12-year-old boy Arunay Pruthi who was pulled into the ocean over Martin Luther King weekend at Cowell Ranch State Beach on Monday, March 1, 2021 near Half Moon Bay, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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A view of the people along the coastline between Watsonville and Half Moon Bay during a helicopter flight which was chartered to search for the remains of 12-year-old boy Arunay Pruthi who was pulled into the ocean over Martin Luther King weekend at Cowell Ranch State Beach on Monday, March 1, 2021 near Half Moon Bay, California.Gabrielle Lurie / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
3 bodies found at San Mateo County beaches in 3 days
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A body was found at Pescadero State Beach by a person visiting the beach July 4, 2021, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office.Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF
Three bodies were found along the San Mateo County coast across three consecutive days spanning July 2 to 4, the San Mateo County Sheriff s Office said.
The incidents aren t connected and there were no signs of foul play, said Lt. Eamonn Allen with the sheriff s office.
It s possible all three incidents were drownings, Allen noted.
The first body was found July 2 at San Gregorio State Beach by a State Parks employee and was identified by the coroner s office as 36-year-old Stockton man Florentino Pasco. Eight days prior on June 24, the sheriff s office received a report of a distressed man in the water at Tunitas Creek Beach, the sheriff s office said. When officers arrived, they spoke with Pasco s friends, who said Pasco wan
San Mateo County sheriff investigating body that washed ashore on Pescadero State Beach
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PESCADERO, Calif. - Authorities in San Mateo County are investigating a body that washed ashore Sunday afternoon on Pescadero State Beach.
The body was found at the beach shortly before 1 p.m. The person was clothed and appeared to have been the water for some time, and was obviously deceased, the San Mateo County Sheriff s Office said.
Sunday s discovery comes just 36 hours after a man s body washed ashore on San Gregorio State Beach, located 7 miles north of Pescadero. He was identified as a resident of Stockton who had earlier been reported missing in the area.
Body of man found washed ashore on San Gregorio Beach in San Mateo County Share Updated: 3:49 PM PDT Jul 3, 2021 Jackson Kesecker
The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. Share Updated: 3:49 PM PDT Jul 3, 2021 Jackson Kesecker The body of a dead man was found washed up on shore Friday afternoon at San Gregorio State Beach in San Mateo County.San Mateo County Sheriff s Office reported that the body was discovered by a state parks employee. Around noon Friday, California Park Rangers, firefighters, and deputies responded to the northern area of San Gregorio State Beach and found an unidentified deceased male. According to the sheriff s office, the man was fully clothed and appeared to have been in the water for a while. The man, as of Friday, had not been identified. Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the San Mateo County Sheriff s Office anonymous tip line at 1-800-547-2700.
Body found at San Gregorio beach was missing man
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San Gregorio Beach is seen on Saturday, July 12, 2014 in San Gregorio, Calif.Dana Edwards / Special to The Chronicle
San Mateo County’s coroner on Saturday identified a body that washed up near San Gregorio State Beach Friday as a Stockton man who had been reported missing in the area.
The body, found just before noon on Friday, was identified as Florentino Pasco Jr., 36, the coroner’s office said.
Pasco was reported missing on June 24 from Tunitas Creek Beach, about 2-1/2 miles north of San Gregorio, according to an Instagram post from the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. It described Florentino as a transient who friends said separated from the group about 4 a.m. to go for a walk.