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POLICE RELEASE IDENTITY OF ONE OF THE TWO DROWNING VICTIMS
Staff Writer ( news@nbc40.net) - 7/1/09 12:58 pm
Last Updated - 7/1/09 05:50 pm
NORTH WILDWOOD--Officials release the name of one of the two drowning victims off the coast of the Jersey Shore.
Officials say they received calls around 6 p.m. that three swimmers were possibly having problems in Hereford Inlet off of 1st and Surf Avenues. One of the three swimmers was located and reported to be ok, but multiple agencies responded to search the water for the other two people. Officials pulled Jamilah Watkins, 27, from South Carolina and a 15-year-old girl from Middletown, Connecticut. While both victims are presumed to have drowned, North Wildwood Police, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office and the Medical Examiners Office are conducting an investigation their deaths. |
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