Ocean City Police Identify Deceased Body Found Offshore

OCEAN CITY, MD – (August 11, 2016): Ocean City police have positively identified the body that was located Tuesday, August 9, in the ocean near 127th Street as Michael West, 25, of Temple Hills, MD. Autopsy results are still pending from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Maryland in Baltimore, however, Ocean City detectives have determined that West’s death was not suspicious in nature.

On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at approximately 4:20 p.m. Ocean City Beach Patrol lifeguards located a deceased male in the ocean near 127th Street after a citizen reported seeing an object floating offshore. The body showed signs of being in the water for an extended period of time.

Detectives of the Ocean City Police Department Criminal Investigation Division Major Crimes Unit responded to the scene to take over the investigation. Through investigation, detectives were able to positively identify the body.

Detectives also learned that West had been reported as a missing person to the Prince George’s County Police Department and was last seen on Sunday, August 7, at approximately 5 a.m. in the area of 127th Street.

The Ocean City Police Department would like to thank the many citizens that provided helpful information that aided detectives in bringing this case to a close.