rather be lucky than good. ken clark of the l.a. sheriff s department has been at it for a long time. as has robert markindale. but nothing like the case that floated to them on a lonely reach of ocean out by catalina. would never have had the case at all except we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going the catalina island. they came up on a body floating the the water. just happened to see it. just happened to see it. yes. that s a big ocean out there. the chances of it being seen are needle in a hay stack. very slim. the say lloris found a flock of screeching sea gulls perched on top of the body. it was in extreme decomposition face. barnacles had attached. barnacles already? it was labeled a john doe. and taken to the l.a. coroner s
but nothing like the case that floated to them on a lonely reach of ocean out by catalina. would never have had the case at all except we were lucky that we had some boaters leaving newport beach going the catalina island. they came up on a body floating the the water. just happened to see it. just happened to see it. yes. that s a big ocean out there. the chances of it being seen are need until a hay stack. very slim. reporter: the say lloris found a flock of screeching sea gulls perched on top of the body. it was in extreme decomposition face. barnacles had attached. reporter: barnacles already? it was labeled a john doe. it was believed to initially be a drowning vick. . reporter: but who was he? identifying the john doe posed a huge challenge. we could only say it was a human being.