SEQUIM — Robert Elwood Fitch of Sequim — whose body was found on Dungeness Spit last month — drowned, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said.
It said no foul play was suspected.
A beachcomber reported a body lying along the spit at about 8:30 a.m. Aug. 31, Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Ron Cameron said.
Fitch appeared to have drowned while swimming in the waters off the spit.
A neighbor of Fitch’s told police Fitch had left his home the morning of Aug. 30 for the spit but did not return that evening, Cameron said.
A Coast Guard search-and-rescue crew found Fitch’s backpack and clothes on the beach — but no other sign of him while searching that evening.
The next morning, Clallam County sheriff’s deputies investigated a report of a body along the spit.
Fitch reportedly was an avid beachcomber and often frequented the spit.
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