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The body of Lance Cor­po­ral Kei­th Pear­son sur­faced at Mara­cas Beach yes­ter­day, days af­ter he dis­ap­peared be­neath the wa­ter whilst swim­ming.

The bloat­ed body of the 40-year-old, which bore wounds to the eyes, was spot­ted float­ing in the wa­ter around 7.50 am, by a beach chair at­ten­dant who was out set­ting up ear­ly.

The young man no­ti­fied of­fi­cers who were close by, as he en­tered the wa­ter and pulled the body to shore.