Overview
- The Santa Cruz County Sheriff-Coroner determined Fox died from sharp and blunt force injuries and submersion in water due to a shark attack, ruling the death an accident.
- Fox, 55, went missing during a weekly group swim off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove; she co-founded the Kelp Krawlers open-water swimming group.
- Witnesses reported a large splash near the swimmers, and a driver told the U.S. Coast Guard they saw a shark breach with what appeared to be a human body.
- Authorities conducted more than 15 hours of search operations covering over 84 square nautical miles before suspending the effort the next day.
- Her body was recovered Dec. 27 on a remote beach near Wilder Ranch south of Davenport, and investigators have not determined the size of the shark.