SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — A fisherman spotted a body on the rocks in Sunset Cliffs Wednesday morning, according to authorities.
Crews responded to the 1200 block of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, near Osprey Street around 5:30 a.m.
"We had a gentleman who was going down into the tide pools to look at some bait so he could fish. He possibly saw a body, and when he realized it was a body he called San Diego Police," said Captain Laura McLean.
According to police, the body was decomposed to the point investigators could only say it was the body of a male. They could not determine race.
"It did take some time to recover the body," said Capt. McLean. "It was wedged into some of the rocks. We speculate the high tide came in last night around 10:00 p.m., which is probably when the body was washed ashore. Low tide the body was wedged in between some of the boulders and rocks. So it did take some time with [San Diego] Fire-Rescue to come out with their proper equipment to get the body out."
She said police do not believe it's the body of someone who fell, they believe the person was already in the water.
Meanwhile, the family of 18-year-old Woodlain Zachee wonders if this is their son.
"We don’t know," said Zachee family attorney Evan Walker. "What we do know is as of tomorrow Woodlain Zachee has been missing for a month. It’s been a hard month for the family. [They're] stuck in this position of just not knowing. They want their son to be found, as of yet, he hasn’t been."
Zachee, who had just graduated from Crawford High School, drowned last month in Mission Beach. His body was never recovered.
A San Diego County medical examiner was called to the scene. No other information was immediately available.
The incident remains under investigation.
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