ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Police identified the man found dead in a pond near a St. Petersburg golf resort on Wednesday.
Officers were called to the 300 block of Belleair Drive northeast near the Vinoy Golf Club, where an employee spotted a body in the water.
The 72-year-old man was identified as Charles Peterson. His body showed no signs of trauma, according to police.
The incident is being investigated as a suspicious death until the Pinellas County Medical Examiner’s Office can determine how he died.