Body identified as missing swimmer from New Jersey

BRADLEY BEACH

/*Bradley Beach*/ Police Chief Leonard Guida said a family friend identified the body as /*Naisere Nelson*/. An official identification is pending an autopsy on Wednesday.

The 15-year-old's body was seen floating beneath the Ocean Avenue Bridge in /*Avon*/ before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The bridge is about 1 1/2 miles south of Bradley Beach. That's where the /*Neptune*/ Township High School sophomore was last seen swimming with friends before he was pulled out to sea on Thursday.

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