Body Of Probable Suicide Victim Recovered

On the afternoon of January 24th, the Coast Guard contacted park dispatch and reported the discovery of a man’s body floating about 40 yards offshore from Tennessee Beach. A USCG rescue swimmer was dropped from a helicopter and swam the body to land, where waiting rangers assisted in bringing it to shore. The man was identified from a driver’s license on his person, and a check through dispatch revealed that he’d been reported missing in San Mateo County. Rangers later learned that his car had been recovered by state officers from a parking lot near the Golden Gate Bridge.