A boater found a body floating in Norwalk Harbor Tuesday morning and police are trying to identify the person who was found dead.
The boater found a man’s body floating in the harbor around 9:41 a.m. and the Norwalk Police Marine Unit and Norwalk Fire Marine Unit responded and recovered the body.
Police later identified the person as 26-year-old Christian Bernadel, of Stamford.
There were no signs of obvious injuries and the person and his cause of death has not yet been determined, according to police.
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The Norwalk Police Detective Bureau and the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating.
Anyone with information is asked to call Norwalk Police Detective Taylor at (203) 854-3183, email Ltaylor@Norwalkct.gov, call the Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111, submit an anonymous tips online at www.norwalkpd.com or text tips by typing "NORWALKPD" into the text field, followed by the message, and sending it to TIP411 (847411)
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