PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and other partners suspended their search for a missing 70-year-old fisherman in the Chesapeake Bay on Saturday, after finding a body.
A release from the Coast Guard 5th District Mid-Atlantic said the Virginia Marine Resources Commission found the body around 9:15 a.m. on Sept. 4.
They said the body matched the description of the missing fisherman, who still hasn't been publicly named.
The missing man's son reported him missing on Thursday, saying he left on a fishing trip around 8 a.m. from Ingram Bay and hadn't returned.
The Coast Guard launched a crew from Station Milford Haven to search for the man.
Virginia Marine Resources Commission and the Department of Wildlife Resources. were also notified of the man's disappearance.
Officials said they found the man's boat unanchored and adrift with no one on board.
Watchstanders launched an HH-670 Jayhawk aircrew and an HC-130 Hercules aircrew from air station Elizabeth City.
The agencies involved in the search were:
- Coast Guard Station Milford Haven
- Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 aircraft and MH-60 helicopter
- Coast Guard Cutter Sailfish
- Virginia Marine Resources Commission Fixed Wing Aircraft
- Department of Wildlife Resources
- Smith Point Rescue
- Abington Fire Department
- Gloucester Fire Department
- Poquoson Fire Department
