Crime & Safety

1 Found Dead At Bottom Of Cliff In Sea Ranch

A person's body was found Sunday evening about 50 feet down a cliff.

Rescuers responded at 7:43 p.m. Sunday to the vicinity of 365 Bluff Reach, where a person was spotted about 50 feet down a cliff, fire Capt. "Red" Miller said.
Rescuers responded at 7:43 p.m. Sunday to the vicinity of 365 Bluff Reach, where a person was spotted about 50 feet down a cliff, fire Capt. "Red" Miller said. (Google Maps)

SEA RANCH, CA — A person was found dead Sunday evening at the bottom of a cliff in the unincorporated Sonoma County community of Sea Ranch, a Cal Fire captain said Monday.

Rescuers responded at 7:43 p.m. to the vicinity of 365 Bluff Reach, where the person was spotted about 50 feet down a cliff, Capt. "Red" Miller said.

A rescuer was sent down to check on the person and confirmed they were dead, Miller said. A California Highway Patrol helicopter hoisted the body up from the rocks.

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The name of the person was not immediately available Monday morning from the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office.

The death is under investigation, Miller said.

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