The first body was found floating over the Sunshine Skyway bridge when a sailboat on its way home to Tampa after a trip to Key West , had just crossed under the Sunshine Skyway when many people on board saw an object in the water . The first body was found floating when a sailboat , on its way home to Tampa after a trip to Key West , had just crossed under the Sunshine Skyway when several people on board saw an object in the water .