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Missing Telugu Student Found Dead Off Newport Beach Pier

Missing Telugu Student Found Dead Off Newport Beach Pier

One week after a missing 23-year-old Cal State Fullerton student was reported missing, his body was found floating about 1,000 feet offshore in Newport Beach, the Orange County coroner’s office said Wednesday.

Praveen Galla was reported missing on Feb. 2. His body was located by Huntington Beach lifeguards around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, the coroner’s office confirmed.

The condition of Galla’s body was not known, and an autopsy would determine his cause of death.

Galla was last seen on Feb. 1, when he took an Uber vehicle from Fullerton to California State University, Fullerton, according to a missing persons flyer sent out by campus police on Feb. 3.

His reason for going to Newport Beach was not known.

“Roommates stated it is not like Galla to not return home and that he has been depressed lately,” the police flyer stated.

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