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Autopsy for diver who died by Andrea Doria

The cruise ship Andrea Doria sank about 50

Photo credit: Handout | The cruise ship Andrea Doria sank about 50 miles off Nantucket Island.

East Hampton police said Wednesday they could not explain how a young California man became separated from a dive rope Sunday and died in the deep waters near the wreck of the ocean liner Andrea Doria off the coast of Massachusetts.

An autopsy will be conducted on the body of the victim, Michael A. LaPrade, 27, of Gardena, Calif., said Lt. Chris Anderson of the East Hampton Police Department....

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