Dead Man Found Floating At Port LaBelle, FL Marina

LABELLE, FL. -- Early Thursday morning a male was spotted floating in the water near the docks at the Port LaBelle Marina in Glades County.

Marina dockmaster and manager Peter Sullivan said he noticed the body in the water early Thursday morning and called law enforcement to report it.

Several Glades county deputies, the Medical Examiner, FHP, and FWC investigators spent the morning and afternoon retrieving the bloated body of a white male from the small bay at the marina.

Investigation is underway to determine the identity of the victim.

UPDATE: The body was later identified as James Rayburn Olsen, 83 of  Fort Lauderdale and Chicago. He had a sailboat docked at the Port LaBelle Marina.

Photo Above: FWC officers retrieve body from water as Glades deputies look on from dock (credit: Don Browne)