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Boater finds body floating in Norwalk Harbor

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A boater found a body floating in Norwalk Harbor Tuesday morning and police are trying to identify the person who was found dead.

The boater found a man’s body floating in the harbor around 9:41 a.m. and the Norwalk Police Marine Unit and Norwalk Fire Marine Unit responded and recovered the body.

Police later identified the person as 26-year-old Christian Bernadel, of Stamford.

There were no signs of obvious injuries and the person and his cause of death has not yet been determined, according to police.

The Norwalk Police Detective Bureau and the state Office of the Chief Medical Examiner are investigating.

Anyone with information is asked to call Norwalk Police Detective Taylor at (203) 854-3183, email Ltaylor@Norwalkct.gov, call the Norwalk Police Tip Line at 203-854-3111, submit an anonymous tips online at www.norwalkpd.com or text tips by typing "NORWALKPD" into the text field, followed by the message, and sending it to TIP411 (847411)

No additional information was immediately available.

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