OC Coroner seeks public help in identifying man who died in Newport Beach

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Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, 714.904.7042, JHallock@ocsd.org/Emily Osterberg, 714.647.1840, EOsterberg@ocsd.org

Orange County Coroner Division Seeks Public’s Assistance Locating Next of Kin

SANTA ANA, Calif. – (October 24, 2014) – The Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner Division seeks the public’s assistance identifying a deceased male found in the early morning hours of October 11, 2014 along the shoreline near 32nd Street and Oceanfront in the city of Newport Beach. He appears to be of Caucasian, Asian, or middle-eastern descent, 15-25 years old, 5’9” tall, 130 pounds, with long black hair and brown eyes. He has a small healed surgical scar on the right side of his neck. He was wearing orange and white Hawaiian print swim trunks and a black button up dress shirt with faint vertical lines.

Anyone with information about this person is encouraged to contact the Orange County Sheriff’s Coroner Division at (714) 647-7411 and reference case number 14-03965-MM.

Actual Photos: http://ocsd.org/divisions/prof/coroner/ud/john/14_03965_mm

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