A body found floating in the ocean off Atlantic City has been identified as a swimmer reported as missing Tuesday.
The U.S. Coast Guard and State Police had been searching since getting a report that the 31-year-old Illinois man was missing off the 1000 block of the beach at 9:43 that night, Sgt. Kevin Fair said.
A woman told police that she was under the Steel Pier with Jeffrey Wilkins, who went into the ocean around 8:15 p.m. She left the area before he returned.
It was not known at that time if he had returned to land.
On Thursday night, police, firefighters and lifeguards responded to the report of a body floating off the 500 block of the beach.
