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SANTA BARBARA, CA – 8/15/07. Yesterday at 5:00 p.m., a passerby alerted the Harbor Patrol to a body floating in the Marina. Harbor Patrol Officers Nufer and Kuhlman found a man’s body in the water adjacent to Marina-1, partially submerged beneath the floating dock. The body was clad in shorts and a T-shirt. SBPD officers and detectives responded to investigate. The body was that of John Robert Hazelton, age 61. There were no visible signs of trauma or foul play. Hazelton lived aboard the “Marlee Jean”, a 28 foot Catalina 270 sailboat docked nearby on Marina 1. Hazelton was co-owner of the vessel. Police found the vessel to be neat and orderly with no suspicious circumstances. It appeared the body had been in the water for an undetermined number of hours. Earlier in the day (8/14/07) at 11:00 a.m. a citizen found Hazelton’s wallet floating in the Marina and turned it over to the Harbor Patrol office.

The Corner’s office contacted Hazelton’s son who lives in the Los Angeles area. The son reported that Hazelton spent winters in Cozumel, Mexico giving Scuba lessons and summers in Santa Barbara working part-time as a taxicab driver. The Coroner made a preliminary finding that the death is consistent with accidental drowning. A final cause of death is pending an autopsy and toxicological examination.

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