BRIEFLY IN THE NEWS Man found dead...

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Man found dead in marina

A man was found dead in marina waters after friends reported him

missing on Sunday morning.

The Newport Beach Police Department received a phone call at 10:30

a.m. concerning Donald Bott, 43, of Santa Ana. Friends of Bott

reported to police that he made prior threats of suicide, Newport

Beach Police Sgt. Tom Fischbacher said.

Police found an eyewitness who last saw him at the marina at 3335

W. Coast Highway. The Orange County Sheriffs Harbor Patrol and

Newport Beach lifeguards assisted in the search for the man by

sending divers to the marina where they eventually found the lifeless

body at 11:30 a.m.

The preliminary police report indicates that the individual may

have committed suicide, Fischbacher said.