{"id":298946,"date":"2026-06-07T05:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298946\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T05:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:29:19","slug":"woman-found-on-hollywood-beach-may-have-been-struck-by-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/298946\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman found on Hollywood Beach may have been struck by boat"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hollywood<\/p>\n

Hollywood Beach on August 16, 2023. A woman\u2019s body was found there on June 3, 2026.<\/p>\n

Pedro Portal<\/p>\n

pportal@miamiherald.com<\/p>\n

The woman whose body washed ashore on Hollywood Beach on Wednesday night had been hit by a boat, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Kellie Melinda Williams, 31, appears to have been snorkeling or diving in the area of Dr. Von D. Mizell-Eula Johnson State Park on Wednesday before her body was found, according to the Hollywood Police Department. The park is only a few miles away from where she was found near New Mexico Street.<\/p>\n

Two fishermen were on Hollywood Beach when they saw Williams in the water and called police at around 8 p.m., according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Williams had injuries consistent with being struck by a vessel, the FWC said on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe FWC would like to extend its deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of Kellie Williams during this difficult time,\u201d the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Williams was from California and worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines. The FWC says she lived in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe \u200bare deeply saddened by the loss of our colleague,\u201d American Airlines said in a statement. \u201c\u200bOur \u200bthoughts and \u200bsupport are \u200bwith her \u200bfamily, \u200bloved \u200bones and \u200bcolleagues \u200bat this time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Milena Malaver<\/a><\/p>\n

Miami Herald<\/p>\n

Milena Malaver covers crime and breaking news for the Miami Herald. She was born and raised in Miami-Dade and is a graduate of Florida International University. She joined the Herald shortly after graduating.\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood Beach on August 16, 2023. A woman\u2019s body was found there on June 3, 2026. Pedro Portal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-298946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}