The Island County coroner identified the body discovered in the waters off of a North Whidbey beach Wednesday as an Orcas Island man.

David Fleischmann, 66, worked at the Madrona Bar and Grill restaurant on Orcas Island, according to the coroner.

Island County Coroner Robert Bishop said it’s unknown at this point how the man died or how he got into the water.

An autopsy is scheduled for Saturday. Bishop said he doesn’t see any obvious signs of trauma.

Police found Fleischmann’s car at the Orcas Island ferry dock, but that didn’t solve the mystery.

Fleischmann was last seen at noon on Wednesday at the restaurant, where he usually stopped by at lunchtime to get a Coke, Bishop said. A resident on Whidbey Island called 911 after finding his body in the surf off Moran Beach on Wednesday at 3:37 p.m.

Bishop said he’s had cases before in which people jump off of ferries, but he’s not sure at this point if that’s what might have happened in this case or if it’s even possible for the body to have drifted that far in just a few hours.

He plans on asking for the surveillance footage at the ferry dock.

Undersheriff Kelly Mauck said a citizen on the beach, which is near Whidbey Island Naval Air Station, saw the body floating in the surf Wednesday afternoon.

The citizen pulled the body to shore, covered it and called 911.

Fleischmann lived alone and his only family is out of state.