WANTAGH, N.Y. (AP) – A fisherman found a dead body floating in the ocean five miles off Jones Beach on Sunday morning, police said.
The U.S. Coast guard recovered the male corpse, which was then transported to the Nassau County Medical Examiner’s office for further investigation, Nassau County Police said in a news release.
The fisherman discovered the body at 9:20 a.m., police said.
Jones Beach, a 6½-mile oceanfront state park, is 33 miles east of Manhattan.
Also Sunday, the badly decomposed body of a man was found in the Hudson River just north of Bloomfield Street in the West Village at about 12:30 p.m., New York City police said.
Police said the city Medical Examiner’s office would determine the cause of death.
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