Body of Unidentified Male Found Near Buxton, North Carolina

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service on Sept. 13, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

At 7:05 am this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017, the body of an unidentified male was discovered by Cape Hatteras National Seashore staff near Buxton, North Carolina.

The body was found roughly a mile and a half north of the jetties in Buxton where a teenage male swimmer was last seen on the evening of Saturday, September 9. An autopsy will be performed tomorrow in order to determine identity.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service