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Body of missing Mass. man identified in Key West

Posted: 09/20/12 at 7:15 am EDT      Last Updated: 09/20/12 at 11:27 am EDT

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- Authorities say they've identified a body found floating in the waters off Key West as that of a missing Massachusetts man.

The Monroe County Sheriff's Office says fingerprints from the body found Sept. 3 matched fingerprints from an arrest record for Erik Jenkinson of Concord, Mass.

Sheriff's office spokeswoman Becky Herrin tells The Miami Herald (http://hrld.us/T5yWif ) that Jenkinson's family called deputies after getting a letter from a towing company about a truck registered to his address.

According to Herrin, Jenkinson's family said he had been missing for a few weeks and he had a history of erratic behavior. He was arrested in Pennsylvania last November after crashing his car, then stripping naked and climbing atop a concrete median.

An autopsy showed no signs of foul play.

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