Overview
- A child's body matching the description of the missing 5-year-old washed ashore Sunday near Garrapata State Beach, with the coroner working to confirm the identity.
- The girl was swept into the Pacific on Friday by surf estimated at 15 to 20 feet, and her father entered the water to try to rescue her before both were carried away.
- The father, identified as 39-year-old Yuji Hu of Calgary, was pulled from the ocean by an off-duty State Parks officer and a beach visitor and later died at a hospital.
- The mother was treated for mild hypothermia and is stable, and a 2-year-old sibling at the scene was unharmed.
- A multi-agency search that included air and sea assets paused overnight for safety, shifted to shoreline recovery patrols on Sunday, and authorities clarified the child was last seen wearing a white shirt as the family requested privacy.