Man found floating facedown in Newport Harbor
November 7, 2009 | 6:36
pm
A 49-year-old man was found floating in Newport Harbor this morning and was pronounced dead soon after at a local hospital, authorities said.
Two kayakers found the man, fully clothed and facedown in the water, shortly before 7 a.m. near the Orange Coast College seabase, said Newport Beach Police Sgt. Shontel Sherwood. He was pronounced dead at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian.
Although Newport Beach police treat each death as a homicide until a cause has been determined, the circumstances are not being viewed as suspicious, Sherwood said.
Police did not identify the man, pending notification of his next of kin, but said he was a local resident.
-- David Zahniser
