Woman Found Dead on Beach in San Pedro

On Friday, March 28, 2008 at 7:55 AM, five Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, one LAFD Rescue Ambulance, one Hazardous Materials Team, two Helicopters, three Fireboats, one EMS Battalion Captain and one Battalion Chief Officer Command Team, a total of 50 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel under the direction of Battalion Chief Brian Cummings, responded to a possible Cliff Rescue on the rocky Pacific shoreline near Point Fermin Park in San Pedro.

Responding by land, air and sea, Los Angeles Firefighters arrived quickly to find a person motionless at the base of the sheer and rugged cliffs at the southernmost point of Los Angeles.

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First arriving land-based Firefighters descended a steep improvised trail to the shoreline nearly 150 feet below, to determine an adult female was beyond medical help.

The woman was declared dead at the scene.

Following an on-site law enforcement investigation, an LAFD helicopter crew moved the woman's remains to the cliff-top Pt. Fermin Park in a safe and dignified manner, where they were transferred to the care of Coroner's staff.



The positive identification of the dead woman, to include her name and age, as well as the precise cause, time and manner of her death will be determined by the Coroner's Office.

The circumstances surrounding this death, including how the woman came to be at the base of the cliff, remain under active investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department.

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Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department