Body of missing Atlantic City swimmer found in Margate

Posted: June 14, 2012

The body of 10-year-old Khitan Devine, who disappeared in the surf in Atlantic City on Sunday night, was found near the beach in Margate on Wednesday morning, according to the Coast Guard in Philadelphia.

The body was discovered by lifeguards a few yards from shore at Huntington Avenue, about four miles south of where he went missing.

Khitan, who lived in North Carolina with his mother but spent summers with his father in Philadelphia, was in the water with his family Sunday evening at a beach between Kentucky Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, officials said.

Relatives said Khitan knew how to swim, but he apparently got caught in a rip current near a jetty. There was no lifeguard on duty, according to authorities. Khitan's sister was rescued by the Beach Patrol, which found her holding onto the jetty.

The Coast Guard, New Jersey state police and the beach patrol searched for the boy for two days.

Contact James Osborne at 856-779-3876 or jaosborne@phillynews.com, or follow on Twitter @osborneja. This article contains information from the Associated Press.

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