MIAMI, Fla. — Police in South Florida have identified a human head found on a beach near Miami.
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Officers said 19-year-old Victor Castaneda Jr. disappeared earlier this month after getting pulled out into the ocean at South Pointe Beach.
Police said Castaneda saved his 17-year-old sister from a rip current, but he was sadly dragged out to sea.
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Dozens of his friends and family members gathered on the beach Saturday for a memorial.
They called Castaneda a funny, loving man who was full of life.
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