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Body found in Murrells Inlet during search for missing swimmer. What we know

A body was found in Murrells Inlet.
A body was found in Murrells Inlet. Getty Images/iStockphoto

A dead body was recovered from the water in the Murrells Inlet area, the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office said Friday.

Crews with Murrells Inlet-Garden City Fire Rescue and the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of the jetties due to a report of a missing swimmer, the sheriff’s office said in a Facebook post.

The identity of the person is being withheld at this time.

Additional information will be released as it becomes available, according to the post.

Kate Robins
The Sun News
Kate Robins is a breaking news reporter for The Sun News. Originally from North Carolina, Robins graduated from the University of South Carolina. Her work has appeared in papers across the Carolinas, including The Charlotte Observer and the State Newspaper.
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