Head that washed ashore in South Florida belongs to missing 19-year-old: police

A decapitated quality caput that washed ashore successful South Florida connected Tuesday belongs to a 19-year-old swimmer who went missing successful Miami Beach past weekend, constabulary said.

The teenager, aboriginal identified arsenic Victor Enrique Castaneda Jr., was reported missing astir 6 p.m. past Saturday adjacent a jetty adjacent to South Pointe Drive successful Miami Beach.

His disappearance led to a three-hour search conducted by section and region officials, arsenic good arsenic the U.S. Coast Guard, section tv presumption WSVN reported.

Rescuers were incapable find him and the lawsuit was entered into the missing persons database.

Early connected Tuesday, authorities were notified of quality remains recovered near an land by Key Biscayne, NBC News reported citing Miami-Dade Police.

On Friday. the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner confirmed that the quality remains were those of Castaneda.

According to a GoFundMe leafage acceptable up connected behalf of Victor Castaneda Sr., the young Castaneda “died a hero, utilizing each his spot to prevention his sister from drowning.”

Miami Beach Police said the unfortunate and his younger sister were swimming successful South Point Beach past they were caught successful a rip current.

A bystander went into the h2o and was capable to rescue his sister. But erstwhile that idiosyncratic went backmost to assistance Castaneda, helium was obscurity to beryllium found, their older sibling, Jessica Castaneda, told NBC 6.

On Saturday, household and friends gathered successful South Pointe Beach for a memorial work to observe the beingness of the young hero, arsenic 2 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue boats fired h2o cannons into the air successful an honorary show, the Miami Herald reported.

The origin and mode of decease person not been released arsenic of Saturday afternoon.