{"id":107612,"date":"2017-05-25T18:51:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T22:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=107612"},"modified":"2017-05-25T19:05:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T23:05:54","slug":"breaking-officials-confirm-body-found-florida-beach-federal-prosecutor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/breaking-officials-confirm-body-found-florida-beach-federal-prosecutor\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials Confirm Body Found on Florida Beach Is Federal Prosecutor"},"content":{"rendered":"

HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA — Officials say a body found washed up on Hollywood Beach Wednesday is federal prosecutor Beranton J. Whisenant Jr.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Miami confirmed the news:\u00a0“The U.S. Attorney’s Office family is deeply saddened by his death. He was a wonderful lawyer and great colleague. We will miss him deeply. Our thoughts and prayers are with his friends and family.”<\/em><\/p>\n

According to local media, the 37-year-old may have suffered trauma—an official cause of death was not yet made public.<\/p>\n

“When the tide came in he obviously was caught in the surf and tumbling, about a 35-year-old African-American man, very well dressed wearing a sort of a casual business shirt, black pants, and all of his personal effects were on him and that’s what we found unusual,” witness Bill Renick told WTVJ.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Whisenant worked in the Major Crimes Unit where he was overseeing\u00a0several visa and passport fraud cases.<\/p>\n

The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n

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JUST IN: Body found on Hollywood, FL beach earlier this week believed to be that of Miami federal prosecutor – WTVJ<\/p>\n

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