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Missing sailor found inside shark off Jaws beach
Dismembered body discovered weeks after disappearance off beach used as location for Jaws: The Revenge
Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent
guardian.co.uk, <TIME datetime="2010-09-16T10:07BST" pubdate>Thursday 16 September 2010 10.07 BST</TIME>
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A tiger shark in the Bahamas. The investment banker who caught one off Jaws beach said a leg came out of its mouth when he hauled it on board.
Photograph: Albert Kok</FIGCAPTION> </FIGURE>
The remains of a sailor who disappeared off Jaws beach in the Bahamas, where the final film in the Jaws franchise was filmed, have been found inside a tiger shark.
Authorities used fingerprints to identify Judson Newton, who was last seen on 29 August swimming for shore after his boat's engine stalled, as the body found inside the 3.6 metre (12ft) fish's belly.
An investment banker on a deep-sea fishing trip caught the shark on 4 September. He said a left leg came out of its mouth as it was hauled on to his boat. When police sliced the belly open they found a right leg, two arms and a torso.
Authorities were awaiting DNA test results before formally identifying Newton, said Hulan Hanna, the assistant police commissioner.
Newton, a 43-year-old sailor and part-time chef, was on a boating trip with friends off Jaws beach on New Providence island when the vessel had engine trouble. Three people remained on board while Newton and a friend swam to shore. Neither was seen again and they were presumed drowned.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/16/sailor-found-shark-jaws-beach
Dismembered body discovered weeks after disappearance off beach used as location for Jaws: The Revenge
Rory Carroll, Latin America correspondent
guardian.co.uk, <TIME datetime="2010-09-16T10:07BST" pubdate>Thursday 16 September 2010 10.07 BST</TIME>
<FIGURE>
A tiger shark in the Bahamas. The investment banker who caught one off Jaws beach said a leg came out of its mouth when he hauled it on board.
Photograph: Albert Kok</FIGCAPTION> </FIGURE>
The remains of a sailor who disappeared off Jaws beach in the Bahamas, where the final film in the Jaws franchise was filmed, have been found inside a tiger shark.
Authorities used fingerprints to identify Judson Newton, who was last seen on 29 August swimming for shore after his boat's engine stalled, as the body found inside the 3.6 metre (12ft) fish's belly.
An investment banker on a deep-sea fishing trip caught the shark on 4 September. He said a left leg came out of its mouth as it was hauled on to his boat. When police sliced the belly open they found a right leg, two arms and a torso.
Authorities were awaiting DNA test results before formally identifying Newton, said Hulan Hanna, the assistant police commissioner.
Newton, a 43-year-old sailor and part-time chef, was on a boating trip with friends off Jaws beach on New Providence island when the vessel had engine trouble. Three people remained on board while Newton and a friend swam to shore. Neither was seen again and they were presumed drowned.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/16/sailor-found-shark-jaws-beach