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Police: Body recovered near Ocean View Pier identified as missing 12-year-old boy

Posted at 9:36 PM, Jun 18, 2018
and last updated 2018-06-19 18:30:20-04

NORFOLK, Va. - First responders have recovered a body near the Ocean View Pier Monday.

Photo: Blair Morgan McVeigh

The call came in shortly before 9 p.m. after someone spotted a body floating in the water.

On Tuesday, Norfolk Police positively identified the body as that of 12-year-old Davieon Craig Askew, who went missing in the same area Saturday.

Detectives have classified the case as an undetermined death.

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