Update: Body found on Pismo Beach identified
Local authorities responded to an unidentified body washed ashore Monday on Pismo Beach.
Update posted April 26, 3:40 p.m.
Marco Antonio Reyes voluntarily jumped off the pier in March, reports say
Marco Antonio Reyes. Photo from Visalia Times-Delta.
–The body found washed up on Pismo Beach Monday has been identified as Marco Antonio Reyes Jr., 28, of Tulare, according to reports.
Reyes reportedly voluntarily jumped off the Pismo Pier in March.
Reports say investigators were able to identify the body as Reyes by the clothing he was wearing and his distinct tattoos. Police are ruling his death accidental for now, saying it appears Reyes drowned, but they are awaiting results from an autopsy scheduled for Wednesday to determine an official cause of death.
Original story posted April 26
Officials investigate decomposing body found south of pier
–An investigation is underway after a decomposing body was found washed ashore at Pismo Beach on Monday at approximately 1 p.m. Visitors to the area were walking along the beach when they discovered a body that had washed ashore about a mile south of the Pismo Beach Pier. They contacted law enforcement who attended the scene.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office and its coroner’s unit, State Parks Rangers and Pismo Beach Police responded to the scene. Sheriff’s Office spokesman Tony Cipolla said the body is that of an adult male. “Because the body was partially decomposed, it is believed to have been in the water for some time,” he said. “At this time, investigators with the coroner’s office are in the process of trying to positively identify the body. An autopsy is scheduled for Wednesday.”
