Crime & Safety
Missing Boater Found Dead Off Santa Cruz Coast
Man left Half Moon Bay last week. He was found Tuesday.
A 70-year-old man was found dead in a boat about 20 miles southwest of Santa Cruz on Tuesday, hours after he was reported missing.
The man's name has not been released. He left Half Moon Bay aboard Sunrise, a 40-foot fishing vessel, on July 25, according to U.S. Coast Guard officials. He was reported "overdue" about 1 p.m. Tuesday. Rescuers found him a few hours later.
A rescue swimmer found the man's body after being lowered onto the boat from an MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter out of Air Station San Francisco, according to the Coast Guard. A 47-foot motor life boat crew from Station Monterey also responded.
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The life boat crew will return the fishing boat and the man's body to Santa Cruz, where they will be turned over to authorities, according to the Coast Guard.
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