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UPDATED Aug 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM ET
Aug 7, 2026 at 6:00 PM ET
Body Identified as Patricia Brennan in Murder Case
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Authorities identify a woman found floating off Boca Raton as Patricia Brennan, convicted in her mother’s 2014 murder.
WHO: Patricia Brennan, 63; Boca Raton Police Department Dive Team; Regina Suknaic (victim)
WHAT: A woman’s body recovered from the Atlantic Ocean is identified as Patricia Brennan, previously convicted of murdering her mother in 2014.
WHEN: Aug 9, 2026 at 9:26 AM ET
WHERE: Off the coast of Boca Raton, near 2500 N. Ocean Blvd., Atlantic Ocean
WHY: Brennan was convicted in 2014 for the second-degree murder of her mother, Regina Suknaic; the death is linked to that prior case.
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