Crime & Safety
Police Need Help Identifying Body Found in Colorado River
The man had some distinctive tattoos, including a grim reaper on the right side of his back, according to the sheriff's department.
Police Wednesday requested the public's help to identify a body found floating in the Colorado River, near Blythe.
The body of a Latino man, between 25 to 35 years old, was found by a boater in an unincorporated area near Blythe around 12:40 p.m. Saturday, Riverside County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Thomas Velarde said.
The victim was 6-feet, 1-inch tall, 217 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes.
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He had two distinctive tattoos: one was of the grim reaper, on the right side of his back; and another one on this chest of a cross with a ribbon bearing the names Jayden, Jordon and Janice, wrapped around it, Velarde said.
The man had short hair, and not facial hair, according to Velarde.
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Anyone with information on the case was asked to call investigators at the sheriff's Colorado River Station at (760) 921-7900 or the Coroner's Bureau at (760) 863-8311.
– City News Service contributed to this report.
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