Crime & Safety
Body Found On Sonoma Coast Beach
A member of the public found the body, believed to be a man, at Duncans Landing.
BODEGA BAY, CA — A body was found on a Sonoma Coast beach in Bodega Bay Saturday, but the death is not considered suspicious, the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office said Monday. A member of the public found the body, believed to be a man, at Duncans Landing, and the sheriff's office was dispatched at 7:15 p.m.
California State Parks and the Bodega Bay Fire Department also responded, and a rescue swimmer pulled the body to shore. The sheriff's helicopter Henry-1 transported the body off the beach located next a steep cliff.
The sheriff's office is working on the identity of the deceased person, sheriff's spokeswoman Misti Wood said.
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Duncans Landing is known as the most dangerous point on the Sonoma Coast because of its large and unpredictable surf. Waves have been known to come up onto the parking lot above the beach and they have swept people off the rocks above, according to the Sonoma Coast State Park website.
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