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Help needed to identify man's body found off Atlantic City beach

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Atlantic City police are asking for the public's help in identifying the body of a man found in the ocean The Atlantic City Police Department is seeking the public's assistance in identifying the body of a man that was located in the ocean last week.Officers were called to the beach off Pacific Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. last Tuesday.It took Atlantic City firefighters several hours to remove the man from the water off a jetty.

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He is described as an adult male older than 40 with light skin, although his race or ethnicity is not known, police said.The man was about 5-foot-3 weighing 150 pounds with a lean build.He has an 8-inch vertical scar on his stomach and has not had teeth for a period of time.He was wearing a small Comme Ca ISM Foxesw Co. LTD short-sleeve collared button-down shirt with tan vertical pinstripes.Atlantic City police with help from the Southern Regional Medical Examiner's Office have been working to try to identify the man, but have had no success.Fingerprint analysis was inconclusive.Samantha DeLarso, whose 53-year-old father disappeared after going fishing in Ocean City, said she reached out to the Atlantic City Police Department after hearing that a body was found, but from the information provided, does not believe it is him.It was one year Sunday since Sam DeLarso was last seen.The uncle of another missing man says it can't be his nephew either.Max Pepe has been missing since Oct. 11. But he does not match the description released of the body found four days later, his uncle Shawn Wilson told BreakingAC.The incident is being investigated by detectives of the Special Victims Unit. Anyone with information is asked to call Atlantic City police at 609-347-5766. Anonymous tips may also be texted to tip411 (847411), beginning the text with ACPD./

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Body found in water off Atlantic City beach

A body was found in the water off Atlantic City on Tuesday, police confirmed.Officers were called to the water off the beach at Pacific Avenue, where a body was found, Sgt. Kevin Fair said at about&

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