The body of a 27-year-old Gainesville man missing since June 21 was identified through dental records late Friday by law enforcement officials in Beaufort County, South Carolina.

The body of a 27-year-old Gainesville man missing since June 21 was identified through dental records late Friday by law enforcement officials in Beaufort County, South Carolina.

Agency officials reported that Connor Pace was last seen on Hilton Head Island after checking into an oceanfront Holiday Inn there.

Beaufort County sheriff's deputies said a fisherman setting traps found the remains Wednesday in the marsh near Russ Point boat landing. Authorities say a pair of blue shorts similar to those Pace bought the day he disappeared were found near the remains.

Agency officials said they don't believe there was foul play.

According to an extensive report June 29 in "The Island Packet" newspaper in Hilton Head, Pace was a UF Levin College of Law graduate who had stopped taking his psychiatric medication because he didn't like the side effects, which included weight gain.

The day after Pace was last seen, his wallet and some belongings were found near a lifeguard stand on the beach, the newspaper's report said. His cell phone and other belongings were found in his hotel room,

Though forensic pathologists at the Medical University of South Carolina were able to confirm that the skeletal remains were Pace, they must do more study to be able to pinpoint a cause of death, Beaufort County sheriff's officials said in a news release.