Body Found in Tiger Shark is Man From “Jaws” Beach

Officials identify body as that of Judson Newton

In a case of cruel irony, Bahamian authorities have determined the body found in the belly of a tiger shark belonged to a man who disappeared off the coast of a place where the movie "Jaws: The Revenge" was filmed.

Judson Newton disappeared off Jaws Beach on Aug. 29 and he, or his remains, did not surface until after a group of fishermen reeled in a bloated tiger shark with an apparent taste for human flesh.

The shark was caught on Sept. 4, but it's still unclear if Judson was killed by the shark or drowned and eventually eaten by the ocean predator.

When a fisherman caught the shark off the coast of the Bahamas, it spit up a human leg trying to get away. Once the animal's belly was opened, officials found another leg, arms and a torso of a large man. There was no head.

Newton and two other men were on a boat when they radioed in to shore that they were having engine trouble in rough seas.

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