Identity Sought Of Man Pulled From American River
AUBURN (CBS13) — The Placer County Sheriff's Coroner's Office is seeking the public's help in identifying a man whose body was found in the American River Tuesday morning directly underneath the Foresthill Bridge.
A hiker called the sheriff's office Tuesday at around 11 a.m. to report that she saw a body floating in the water. The man's body was recovered with the assistance of the sheriff's dive team and helicopter.
The man is described as a white male, in his late 20s to early 40s. He is 5 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs 169 pounds. \
He has brown hair with a receeding hairline, hazel eyes and a full beard. He was wearing blue pants and a dark-colored T-shirt with a circular design and "Grateful Dead" written in red and green letters.
Anyone who might know the man is asked to call the Placer County Sheriff's Coroner's Office at (530) 889-7879.
