CRUZ BAY — The body of an Atlanta man found floating in the waters near Cruz Bay Creek on St. John last week has been identified by police.
Police said Andrew Dott, Jr., 49, was found near the Virgin Islands National Park’s visitors center with no forms of identification on him March 20.
The Virgin Islands Police Department met members of the St. John Rescue Unit, Emergency Medical Technicians and staff from the Medical Examiner’s Office as Dott’s lifeless body was pulled from the water.
EMTs found that Dott was unresponsive with no vital signs and he was declared dead on arrival.
Dott’s parents flew here from Georgia on Tuesday to positively identify their son’s body.
The VIPD is awaiting the results of an autopsy to determine Dott’s cause of death.
On March 6, police found another unidentified body floating near the NPS’ visitor’s center.
This person has yet to be identified by police who have appealed to community residents, hotels and taxi drivers to identify the victim.
Like, Dott, last month’s victim was a Caucasian man, according to the VIPD.