The remains of a woman who went missing on a swim off Lovers Point were recovered from a remote Santa Cruz County beach over the weekend, her family confirmed. Erica Fox, 55, vanished during a group swim in Pacific Grove during which a shark was reportedly sighted. Just after noon on Dec. 21, multiple eyewitnesses reported that Fox disappeared from the water off Lovers Point in Pacific Grove.
It's peak bulking-up season for white sharks in Monterey Bay, and over the past week, two animals previously tagged by scientists passed through the waters near Lovers Point - the same area where swimmer Erica Fox vanished Sunday, after witnesses reported seeing a shark nearby, experts said. Fox, the 55-year-old co-founder of recreational swim group Kelp Krawlers, was far ahead of more than a dozen swimmers returning to Lovers Point beach in Pacific Grove early Sunday afternoon, but never came ashore.