Man who drove off Virginia Beach pier matches missing person report
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The car and body weren't retrieved until six days after the vehicle plunged into the water because of weather conditions and safety concerns.
More information has come to light about the person who drove off the Virginia Beach Fishing Pier on Jan. 27.
On Tuesday, police confirmed the person who was recovered from the ocean with the car that drove off the pier was a 57-year-old man from Virginia Beach. The new information comes after a medical examiner confirmed his identity. Police did not release the man's name.
Police confirmed it was the same person a family reported missing.
Virginia Beach police told Scripps News Norfolk that there wasn't any evidence of a crime before the man drove off the pier.
Police say it appears to be a deliberate act.
