A man whose body was found in the American River below Foresthill Bridge near Auburn remained unidentified Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Placer County coroner said the man\u2019s body was spotted by a hiker late Tuesday morning floating in the North Fork of the American River. The location was just below the 730-foot-high bridge.<\/p>\n
Lt. Mark Reed said Thursday that despite a call out to the public for help in identifying the body, no information had been received to match a name to the corpse.<\/p>\n
An autopsy was being performed to determine the cause of death, Reed added.<\/p>\n
The man is described as a white male, in his late 20s to early 40s. He is 5-feet, 5-inches tall and weighs 169 pounds. He has brown hair with a receding hairline, hazel eyes and a full beard.<\/p>\n
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