Authorities today identified the decomposing human remains found Tuesday in the ocean near Venice as a 22-year-old Bakersfield man.
An autopsy was pending on the body of Anibar Guana, coroner’s Assistant Chief Ed Winter said.
The body was spotted by a surfer about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in an ocean area near 18th Avenue, according to county lifeguard officials.
No information was available on a possible cause of death. Winter said Guana had been reported missing from the Bakersfield area but he did not know when.
