MENDOCINO COUNTY, Calif. – The body of a Los Angeles man who was swept away while diving last week has been recovered.

The body of 37-year-old William Kim was located Saturday morning, according to a report from Mendocino County Sheriff's Lt. Dennis Bushnell.

On May 28 Kim was abalone diving in the area of Mitchell Creek near Fort Bragg when he and another diver were caught up in the breaking surf, officials reported. A third diver went for help and a boat responded, saving the second diver but Kim was washed away.

Shortly after 9 a.m. Saturday approximately 30 of Kim's friends and family began searching for his body, Bushnell said.

Bushnell said many of the divers in the group searching for him were prior Republic of Korea Marines and were all very experienced divers.

He said Kim's body was located within 100 yards of where he was last seen.

Bushnell said a final ruling on Kim's cause of death is pending an autopsy.

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