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Coast Guard calls off search for missing 9-year-old boy

2 years 6 months 1 week ago Sunday, September 19 2021 Sep 19, 2021 September 19, 2021 4:44 PM September 19, 2021 in News
Source: WBRZ

NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard has recovered a body that they believe to be a 9-year-old boy who was last seen swimming off the coast of Florida Saturday afternoon.

The Coast Guard said the boy and a 28-year-old male were last seen getting into the water near Gulf Resort Beach in Panama City around 6:40 p.m. Saturday.

Divers recovered bodies that matched both of the descriptions and called off the search around 4:20 p.m. Sunday.

Names have not been released yet. 

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