VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Virginia Beach Police are investigating two separate drowning cases that took place over the weekend.
Officers responded to the report of a possible drowning near 16th Street.
23-year-old Christian Flourentine, of Alexandria, Virginia, was last seen in the water by a family member several hours earlier. Police enlisted the help of the Virginia Beach Fire Department (VBFD), Virginia Beach Emergency Medical Services (VBEMS) and the United States Coast Guard to search both the land and water but were unable to locate him.
Around 1:35 a.m., on Sunday, officials say Flourentine was found on the shoreline, dead, near 23rd Street.
The Coast Guard searched hours for Flourentine.
"Around 7:20, the Coast Guard sector was notified that there was a 23-year old Hispanic male that was last seen wearing a White floral shirt and black swim trunks. He was last seen swimming around 16th Street. The locals had last seen him around 5pm on Saturday. Then they notified us around 7:20pm," a spokesperson with the Coast Guard tells News 3.
"We had a small boat crew, a 45 inch boat go out and search along the area to look. Around 1:30 early Sunday morning, we were notified that a good Samaritan had found somebody who matched the description," a Coast Guard spokesperson said.
On Saturday, a family member reported that 19-year-old Tawakal Ali, from Afghanistan, was missing.
Ali was last seen on the beach near 20th Street several hours earlier. On Sunday, around 12:26 p.m., officers were notified that Ali had been located dead in the ocean near 29th Street.
