LIFEBOAT crewmen were called to reports of a dead body.
Harwich RNLI Lifeboat was launched at 4pm on Saturday after reports from kite surfers of a body floating off the coast of Felixstowe.
The lifeboat did recover a body, which was taken back to the lifeboat station and handed to Essex Police - the investigation has since been handed to Suffolk Police.
No more information has yet been released.
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