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Keyport police have identified the 64-year-old kayaker who died after being removed from the Raritan Bay on Sunday. Carlos Melendez, of Irvington, was kayaking with a friend when police were alerted by a 1:35 p.m. 911 call that the two were in distress, police said. Responding officers found one person on the shore. That person told police Melendez was still the water. Officer Chris DeGroat, a member of the Keyport police and Monmouth County dive teams, took a kayak and went into the bay and found the man. Keyport firefighters used a boat to bring the victim to shore as they performed CPR. The…