GULF SHORES, Ala. - Police have identified the body seen floating in the Intracoastal Canal as that of Melvin Mendez Sanchez, a resident of Guatemala who was reported missing on Friday.

The body was found Wednesday morning near the Oyster Bay Bridge which crosses onto Plash Island at the point County Roads 4 and 6 West meet, according to the Gulf Shores Police Department.

A press release issued by the department said Baldwin County Coroner Jim Small was called to the scene and the body was taken to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences in Mobile where an autopsy will be performed.

Foul play is not currently suspected in the case as it remains under investigation by the GSPD, the Baldwin County Coroner's office, and the ADFS.