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eee Eee F | | | ae PAGE TWO STATED OF ALL FACTORS CONTROLLING FLOATING BODIES IN HIS OPINION WATER TEMPERATURE AND BODY GASSES MOST INFLUENTIAL. COLD WATER b72. RETARDS FORMATION OF BODY GASSES AND INHIBITS BUOYANCY. QAMEB STATED THAT IF BODY CAVITY RUPTURED BY MARINE LIFE GASSES ESCAPE AND BODY MAY NOT RISE TO SURFACE. ‘ALAMEDA COUNTY DEPUTY CORONER EXPRESSED SIMILAR | VIEWS 10 QMRBBBPAnD appep THAT UNDERGROUND SNAG FACTORS SUCH AS DEBRIS, VEGETATION, ROCK OUTCROPPINGS AND SIMILAR OBJECTS SOMETIMES pe. INDERS THE NATURAL FLOATATION CF BROWNED PERSON. EE: MATEO COUNTY CORONER, ADVISED IN PAST TEN YEARS TwO BODIES OF PERSONS DROWNED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY HAVE BEEN RECOVERED ON THE SAN MATEO SHORE OF THE PACIFIC. BOTH OF THESE BODIES WERE LOCATED IN THE SHARPS PARK AREA, APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MILES SOUTH OF GOLDEN CATE. QMMMMMBSTATED IN HIS EXPERIENCE, BECAUSE COLD WATER IN SAN FRANCISCO AREA, AVERAGE DROWNING VICTIMS= BODIES SURFACE BETWEEN EIGHT TO FIFTEEN DAYS. “pe. QUEER» «s. coastovann; san FRANCISCO, ADVISED HIS COMPLEMENT RECOVERS TWO TO FOUR BODIES PER MONTH IN SAN FRANCISCO. . CLARK STATES MOST OF THESE BODIES ARE RECOVERED IN SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND ARE BODIES OF DROWN PERSONS OR SUICIDES WHO JUMPED FROM BAY AREA © END PAGE TWO 40