CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives have notified the family that the Medical Examiner has identified the body found Sunday in a culvert as that of ex-Marine Eric W. Hall.

A Major Crimes Unit detective told Hall's family around 10:00 a.m. Wednesday morning that the 24-year-old's body had been officially identified. Officials say the cause of death has not been determined at this time.

The family of Eric Hall believed the body found in a drainage pipe by a volunteer was the ex-marine before the official word from the M.E.

Eric's father, Kevin Hall, said the body had a titanium hip like Eric's and had on the same clothes Eric was wearing the night he disappeared.

His family says he suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome after a tour of duty in Iraq.

Hall had been missing since February 3rd when a witness told WINK News he saw Hall jump off his motorcycle and run into the woods.

Hall's mother will be holding a press conference at Noon in the home of a relative in Deep Creek.

A military memorial service will be held at Noon Thursday at the Faith Lutheran Church in Punta Gorda.

The family says Eric will be buried at home in Indiana.