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A body discovered near the Davenport shoreline has been identified as Erica Fox, 55, of Monterey County, who went missing a week ago while swimming at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove following a suspected shark attack.
A body discovered near the Davenport shoreline has been identified as Erica Fox, 55, of Monterey County, who went missing a week ago while swimming at Lovers Point in Pacific Grove following a suspected shark attack.
Crews recovered a body from near Red, White and Blue Beach about four miles south of Davenport after a witness reported it Saturday morning, Cal Fire CZU unit spokesperson Cecile Juliette told Lookout on Monday.
Neither Juliette or Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office Sergeant Ryan Farotte would confirm the identity of the deceased person. However, Fox’s father, James Fox, confirmed over the weekend that it was her body, according to a NBC Bay Area report.
Fox’s husband, Jean-Francois Vanreusel, told the Bay Area News Group that law enforcement informed him that her body was identified by her watch and the shark band on her ankle, an electromagnetic device meant to fend off sharks. Vanreusel was only a short distance behind her in the water when a shark breached and Fox disappeared.
Farotte said the sheriff’s office plans to release more information about the victim within the next day or two.