Coast Guard and local officials end search for missing NC boater

PORTSMOUTH, Va. - The Coast Guard and Currituck Sheriff's Office ended its search at 10:15 a.m, Monday for a missing man after his 18-foot vessel was discovered unmanned Sunday evening in Tulls Bay, N.C.

The Coast Guard searched approximately 19.5 square nautical miles since Sunday evening.

The man was found deceased by North Carolina Marine Patrol within the search area at approximately 10 a.m.

The search for the missing man was conducted by an MH-60T Jayhawk rescue helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., a rescue boat crew from Station Elizabeth City, personnel from Currituck Sherrif's Office, and North Carolina Marine Patrol.

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