Identity given to man found dead in Gulf last week
A man who was found dead in the Gulf of Mexico on Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday, July 21, has been identified.
According to Janie Boyd of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the man’s name was James Sackos. He was unofficially born in October of 1947. There was no further identification disclosed on the man.
Last Tuesday, the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District received a 911 call about a man without a pulse floating in the Gulf on Fort Myers Beach. The man was thought to either have drowned or had a cardiac arrest in the Gulf behind Estero Beach Club at 2580 Estero Blvd. Fire fighters went to the scene and found a man who was in the water around 200 yards off the shoreline and facedown.
According to Beach Fire Public Information Officer Ramon Looby, fire fighters swam into the water to get to this individual, gave him CPR but it was too late. He had shown signs that he was down to close to an hour.
The cause of death is still unclear at this time.
The investigative part was then turned over to the the Sheriff’s Office and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation.