BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. — Bainbridge Island Police have identified the body that was found in the water near Rockaway Beach and Blakely Rock this week.
Officers from Bainbridge Island Police’s Marine 8 Unit retrieved the body of a Caucasian man estimated to be between 40 and 50 years old on Friday afternoon.
Now, the deceased man was identified as 53-year-old John W. Searle on Saturday. According to police, Searle was last known to reside in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood.
Searle’s body was turned over to the Kitsap County Medical Examiner’s Office for further examination and to determine a cause of death.
The police department is asking anyone with any information to call Detective Jon Ledbetter at (206) 502-3209 or contact Kitsap 911 immediately.
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