Body found at sea

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Body in fishing net was '01 burial at sea
By CAPE COD TIMES
November 15, 2007

A body that was found Sunday by a fishing boat was identified today as a properly permitted burial at sea dating from 2001, said Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O'Keefe.

The body was buried at sea in March 2001 after receiving the necessary permitting, O'Keefe said in a press release. The family of the deceased has been notified of the body and proper arrangements are being made.

A fishing crew on the 80-foot Boston-based Guardian found a body 20 miles off Nauset Beach at about 7:10 a.m. Sunday.

The crew contacted the Chatham Coast Guard Station.

The Guardian was too large to dock at Chatham Harbor, so the body was transferred to a Coast Guard vessel shortly after noon.