FREMONT — A boy hiking north of the Dumbarton Bridge found a decomposing male body in a mudflat along the shores of Coyote Hills Regional Park, authorities said.

The discovery was reported about 4 p.m., said Fremont police spokeswoman Geneva Bosques.

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The Menlo Park Fire Protection District sent one of its specialized boats to help officials with the Alameda County Coroner’s Office and Fremont Fire Department reach the body.

Bosques said the body, which was clothed, appeared to have been there for some time.

The coroner’s office will try to identify the body and determine a cause of death, said Bosques, adding that the body isn’t connected to any cases her agency is currently investigating.

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This isn’t the first time human remains have been discovered in the wetlands near Fremont.

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In 2016, the torso of Brisbane resident Shelly Titchener washed up near the Dumbarton Pier. Authorities said her husband, Paul Titchener killed her, cut up her body and dumped her remains in the San Francisco Bay. He later jumped to his death off the Bay Bridge.