Woman found dead at bottom of La Jolla cliff

Body of a man at bottom of a cliff in La Jolla

June 28, 2020

7:12 PM

San Diego lifeguards recovered the body of a woman found on a rocky stretch of shoreline in La Jolla the morning of June 28.

The discovery was made around 6:40 a.m. below the cliffs along Coast Walk just north of Torrey Pines Road, San Diego police Officer Tony Martinez said.

Video from OnScene.TV showed lifeguards recovering the body of a woman on rocks about 75 feet below a trail overlooking the shore. Lifeguards took the body to La Jolla Shores, where they met officials from the San Diego County medical examiner’s office.

Martinez said no additional information on the victim was released. ◆

Updates:

11:05 AM, Jul. 02, 2020: This story was updated throughout to correct that the body found at the bottom of the cliff was that of a man, not a woman as initially reported.

Gary Warth

Gary Warth has covered a variety of beats since 1989 and now covers public safety and homeless issues at The San Diego Union-Tribune. A San Diego resident since the 1970s, he earned a journalism degree from San Diego State University and has won numerous awards for his work.

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