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Body Of Woman Found On South Coast Identified; Foul Play Not Suspected

A body found on a South Coast beach is being identified as that of a Santa Barbara woman.

Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office investigators say the body of Anita Rebecca Ruiz was found Tuesday morning on a beach just west of Carpinteria.

Investigators believe the 37 year old woman fell off a cliff. Foul play is not suspected.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.