Floating Body Found Near St. Petersburg Pier

At about 12:20 p.m. this afternoon the body of a white male was found by a passer-by floating in the water just east of Municipal Marina, under the approach to the Pier.

The man has been tentatively identified and his name will be released pending notification of next of kin.

The man’s cause of death is still under investigation, but investigators say there are no obvious signs of trauma to the body.