UPDATED: 9:15 a.m. ET —
Officials have confirmed that the lifeless body found overnight near a beach in Southern California was pro wrestler Shad Gaspard, who disappeared in the water over the weekend.
Gaspard, a former star with the WWE, went missing on Sunday after being caught in a strong rip current with his 10-year-old son.
Original story:
A rescue mission turned recovery efforts for a missing professional wrestler believed to have been swept out to sea ended after a body was found Wednesday morning off the coast of a beach in southern California.
Though not immediately identified, the lifeless body was found more than 12 hours after the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for Shad Gaspard, a former star with the WWE and actor who went missing on Sunday at a beach in Marina del Rey.
Gaspard, along with fellow former WWE wrestler Marc Copani, was also behind the graphic novel called “Assassin and Son,” which was released in 2011.
