Florida Keys

A body was found in the water near marina at Garrison Bight in Key West, police say

Key West police are investigating the death of a 60-year-old local man whose body was found Saturday in the water near the City Marina at Garrison Bight.

A passerby discovered the body at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday, said police spokeswoman Alyson Crean.

Key West fire-rescue removed the man from the water, she said.

No foul play is suspected, Crean said, and the name of the man is being withheld until his family is notified.

This story was originally published May 17, 2021 at 1:11 PM.

Gwen Filosa
Miami Herald
Gwen Filosa covers Key West and the Lower Florida Keys for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald and lives in Key West. She was part of the staff at the New Orleans Times-Picayune that in 2005 won two Pulitzer Prizes for coverage of Hurricane Katrina. She graduated from Indiana University.
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