At approximately 9:15 a.m., a person aboard a fishing vessel spotted a body floating near the Isles of Shoals and notified the Coast Guard, according to police. The Coast Guard promptly relayed the report to the state’s Marine Patrol, which responded and recovered the body.

State police are investigating after a body was found floating off the New Hampshire Seacoast. The United States Coast Guard received a call around 9:15 a.m. Sunday for reports of a person found near Isles of Shoals. Authorities said the person's identity and the cause of the death remain unknown.

Someone on a fishing boat contacted the Coast Guard and reported a body floating near the Isles of Shoals shortly after 9 a.m. on Sunday, July 13, New Hampshire State Police said in a press release Thursday. State Police recovered the body, the agency said.