{"id":141055,"date":"2026-02-02T20:18:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141055\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T20:18:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T20:18:08","slug":"overturned-boat-found-while-investigating-death-of-man-found-at-jungle-prada-de-narvaez-park-pcso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/141055\/","title":{"rendered":"Overturned boat found while investigating death of man found at Jungle Prada de Narvaez Park: PCSO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. &#8211; A man who recently bought a small handmade vessel, was found dead Sunday morning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/body-found-water-park-st-pete\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">along the shoreline of Jungle Prada de Narvaez Park in St. Petersburg<\/a>, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pinellas County<\/a> Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">On February 1, a citizen told the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\/st-petersburg?page=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">St. Petersburg<\/a> Police Department that they found a body near the Jungle Prada boat ramp.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The body was of a deceased man wearing a personal flotation device.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Police went to the scene and requested assistance from the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office\u2019s flight unit to search for a possible vessel nearby.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/news\/states-rare-freeze-gives-residents-visitors-green-light-collect-stunned-invasive-iguanas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State&#8217;s rare freeze gives residents and visitors green light to collect stunned invasive iguanas<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">The flight unit found an overturned vessel south of the War Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Park boat ramp and deputies located a vehicle with a small boat trailer parked in the parking lot.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Due to the location of the vessel, the PCSO took over the investigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Detectives said that 50-year-old Jeremy Allen Franklin had recently purchased a small homemade vessel.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">They added that Franklin brought the vessel out on the water alone and, at some point, entered the water and died.<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">Officials said that while Franklin\u2019s death does not appear to be suspicious, it is still under investigation.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"WTVT\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-2899190a=\"\">What we don&#8217;t know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-2899190a=\"\">It is unclear why Franklin\u2019s vessel overturned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: This article was written with information found in a press release from the Pinellas County Sheriff\u2019s Office and previous FOX 13 News reports.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/tag\/us\/fl\/pinellas\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-2899190a=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pinellas County<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. 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