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Body of a Man Washed Up on Oakwood Beach, Police Say

By Nicholas Rizzi | May 18, 2015 1:05pm
 A body was found washed up on an Oakwood beach on Saturday, May 16, 2015, police said.
A body was found washed up on an Oakwood beach on Saturday, May 16, 2015, police said.
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OAKWOOD — The body of a 20-year-old man was found on a beach in Oakwood Saturday morning, police said.

The man was discovered in the water at Fox Beach, near Kissam Avenue and Mill Road, at roughly 6:30 a.m. on Saturday. He was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.

The Staten Island Advance reported the body was "badly" decomposed when it was found.

The Medical Examiner is determining the cause of death and the man's name was withheld by police.