{"id":41256,"date":"2016-06-20T18:52:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=41256"},"modified":"2016-06-20T18:52:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T18:52:38","slug":"sailor-found-dead-yacht-haven-grande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=41256","title":{"rendered":"Sailor Found Dead At Yacht Haven Grande"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; A well-known sailor who lived on Hassle Island was found dead on Sunday at 10:00 p.m. in the waters of Yacht Haven Grande, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced today.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ms. Freeman, upon arrival on the scene, officers made contact with \u00a0an unresponsive Caucasian male lying face up on the dingy dock. He\u00a0was later positively identified by his next of kin as Manfred Dittrich, 80 of Hassle Island.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Freeman said Mr. Dittrich&#8217;s body\u00a0was then taken to the morgue at the Roy L. 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So full of life and always wanting to help. He will be missed,&#8221; said\u00a0Ian Finn in the comments section of the son&#8217;s post about his father.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He was a wonderful guy, he was a friend to everybody. He helped everybody all the time, including me,&#8221; said\u00a0Scott Nichols.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Feature Image:\u00a0Manfred Dittrich<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ST. THOMAS &#8212; A well-known sailor who lived on Hassle Island was found dead on Sunday at 10:00 p.m. in the waters of Yacht Haven Grande, V.I.P.D. Media Specialist Sakeeda Freeman announced today. 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