Investigation Revealed:

On 10/23/2023, Monday, at approximately 1800 hours. Victim #1 was fishing in Keyport Harbor on his kayak when he fell off the vessel. Victim notified his wife via cellphone that he had fallen off his kayak, could not get back on it, and was in need of assistance. Victim's wife dialed 911 and notified dispatch that Victim needed help. Keyport PD and Fire arrived on scene and observed the Kayak floating pproximately 300-400 yds. off of the shoreline with no one onboard. A search of the area was conducted was and met with negative results.

On 10/29/2023, A male matching the description of the victim was recovered from the water directly off of Keyport Fishing Pier (1 American Legion Drive, Keyport Boro., Monmouth County). At 1906, Dr. of JFK Medical, pronounced the victim, deceased. The victim was then transported to the Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office.

On 11/02/2023, the Middlesex County Medical Examiner's Office submitted the deceased's fingerprints to the FBI database that provided positive results. The identity of the deceased was confirmed to be Victim. The Middlesex County Examiners Office remained in contact with Victim's immediate family throughout this process and updated next of kin of the positive identification.

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