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Released: September 22, 2010 - Wednesday, 03:06 PM

Identification of Recovered Body

Contact: Rob BrynPhone: (805) 781-4547Date and time of incident: 9-21-10 6:55 AMPlace of Occurrence: Oceano Dunes State ParkVictim Information: Ven Hsiao, 60 of Santa MariaSuspect Information: N/ASan Luis Obispo County Sheriff-Corner’s office has identified the body of a man found in the Oceano Dunes State Park on the morning of Sept. 21. The body is believed to be the same one spotted by fishermen on 9-18-10 at 10:08 AM Saturday. A search operation failed to locate a body at the time.
Ven Hsiao, 60 of Santa Maria has been positively identified at autopsy Wednesday as the man recovered from the surf line on Tuesday morning.
Coroner's investigators have ruled the death as natural after autopsy confirmed the cause of death to be a cardiac arrhythmia and drowning. No signs of fowl play were present.