Via SDPD: On August 24, 2019, at approximately 6:37 a.m., the San Diego Police
Department Communications Center received a call regarding a possible body in the
water at Fiesta Island.
A visitor to Fiesta Island discovered what appeared to be a deadbody in the water, just off shore from the Island. San Diego Police and San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel responded to the scene and found a body in the water on the south side of Fiesta Island. San Diego Fire-Rescue personnel removed the body from the water and pronounced the victim deceased.
Although there are were no obvious traumatic injuries seen of the victim, due to the
circumstances and the condition of the body, San Diego Police Homicide investigators
were called to the scene out of an abundance of caution. Very little is known about the
victim, or the circumstances surrounding the death, at this time.
The victim has not yet been identified, but is described as a possible Hispanic female.
Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call the Homicide Unit at (619)
531-2293 or Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.
