TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Tampa Police Department said a man was found dead on Monday after being reported missing the night before.
TPD got word of a missing paddleboarder just after 9 p.m. on March 29.
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His family said he had been paddleboarding near the 7700 block of West Courtney Campbell Causeway, near Ben Davis Beach, at around 4 p.m.
Conditions did not allow for a search until the following morning, when specialty units with TPD and other agencies initiated a search and rescue operation in Old Tampa Bay.
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The man’s paddleboard and other items he had with him were found at around 11 a.m. on Monday, and his body was found an hour later near the bridge…