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A body recovered from the waters off Jacksonville Beach, Florida, by a paddleboarder this week has been identified by police as a missing swimmer since last Sunday, officials said Friday.
The coroner identified the body as Curtis Newkirk Jr., 19, Jacksonville police said in a release to Fox News Digital.
Newkirk was found about 100 yards from shore after 10am on Wednesday morning after an extensive police search.
BODY OF MISSING LOUISIANA WOMAN RECOVERED FROM MISSISSIPPI RIVER
(Curtis Newkirk Jr., missing while swimming near Jacksonville Beach pier. Jacksonville Beach Police Department/Diane Macdonald/Getty)
He was reportedly swimming with friends south of the Jacksonville Beach pier when he went missing.
Some of his friends also had trouble in the water, but all the others had made it to shore, TMJ-TV reported.
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The U.S. Coast Guard and local police had been searching for Newkirk by sea and air since last weekend.
Body found off Florida beach identified as missing
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