Single shark bite led to death of woman whose body was found on California beach, autopsy shows

A woman whose body washed up on a California beach in December died from a single shark bite, a new autopsy has confirmed. Erica Fox, fifty-five, had gone swimming with a group near Lovers Point in Monterey but never returned; the autopsy found the bite broke her pelvis and severed a major artery, causing her to drown. The findings were first reported by the Monterey Herald, the Guardian says.

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