Trail Of Blood Leads To Body In SF Marina

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) – The body of a young man was found in the water near San Francisco's Fort Mason Tuesday morning after a blood trail was reported Monday night, police Lt. Troy Dangerfield said.

Police received a call at about 10:30 p.m. Monday from someone who had seen fresh blood in the area of Buchanan Street, Dangerfield said.

Officers responded, found the blood and searched the area but didn't locate any victims.

Tuesday at 6:36 a.m., another caller reported a body floating in the Bay near a pier at Fort Mason, Dangerfield said. Police returned to the area and located the body, which was fully clothed.

Investigators discovered that there was a trail of blood leading from outside a post office at Beach and Buchanan streets to a spot near where the body was found, he said.

"The trail goes all the way across the street toward the pier," Dangerfield said.

There were still spatters of blood outside the door of the post office Tuesday morning.

Several intersections have been shut down this morning as police investigate the death, including Marina Boulevard at Beach Street and Webster Street.