Officials received a report around 8:40 p.m. from a beachgoer who found a cellphone, wallet, shoes, and a passport in the sand just south of the Venice Pier

A multi-agency search is underway off the coast of Venice Beach for a 30-year-old woman whose personal belongings were found unattended near the pier Wednesday evening, authorities said.

The woman has been identified as Ashanta Ayana Elise Cobb-McNeil of Las Vegas, Nevada. According to family members, she sometimes goes by the name “Loni Legend.”

The Coast Guard said it received a report around 8:40 p.m. from the Los Angeles Police Department and a beachgoer who found a cellphone, wallet, shoes, and a passport in the sand just south of the Venice Beach Pier.

Rescue teams from Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach, Air Station

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