ATLANTIC BEACH, N.Y. (AP/1010 WINS) -- A body that washed up on a Long Island beach belongs to a New York City swimmer who had been reported missing nearly a week ago.
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Nassau County police said Monday that relatives identified the body of 40-year-old Heyward Patterson.
They say he was reported missing Aug. 12 while swimming with friends in the Atlantic Ocean off Far Rockaway.
A medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of the Queens man's death.
Two joggers at Atlantic Beach found the swimmer's body in the sand on Sunday.
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