U.S. surfer Kurt Van Dyke has been found murdered in Costa Rica, according to local authorities.
Police responded to a call about an armed break-in around 10:50 a.m. Saturday at an apartment in Cahuita Limon, a coastal province about 100 miles east of the capitol of San Jose, according to the Costa Rican National Police.
Van Dyke was found strangled and stabbed multiple times, police said. His body was found under a bed with a sheet over his face, they noted.
A woman who was also in the apartment survived the attack and was taken to the hospital, police told ABC News. Her injuries are not life-threatening, according to authorities.
Palm trees over a Caribbean beach in Cahuita National Park, Costa Rica, Nov. 17, 2011.
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Two suspects are believed to have broken into the apartment, police said. They stole Van Dyke’s car, a Hyundai Elantra, in their getaway, according to officials.
No arrests have been made. Police are looking at CCTV cameras as part of their investigation.
Van Dyke was 66 years old and a longtime resident of Costa Rica, according to Surfer.com. He was originally from Santa Cruz, California, and is considered a pioneer of surfing in Northern California, according to the site.
He was well known to local surfers in the community, police said.
Additional details on the circumstances surrounding Van Dyke’s death were not immediately available.
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