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Smithsgold - 6/04/2012 8:07 AM
A diver who was going far deeper than rescue divers can safely go, about 175 feet below the surface, found the corpse at about 7:15 a.m., according to city lifeguard Lt. Andy Lerum.

The body was brought to the surface and lifeguards were called shortly before 8 a.m., he said.

"We responded and observed a (dead) person wearing scuba gear," Lerum said. "He had been deceased for a number of days,’’ Lerum said.

The scuba gear was missing a weight belt, he said.

The body was taken by rescue boat to a dock in Mission Bay, where the
San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office took over. Lerum said the Medical Examiner’s Office would determine the identity of the body, but anticipated it would be that of 45-year-old missing diver Jeffrey May.