US Coast Guard suspends search for a 7-year-old Alabama boy missing in the Gulf of Mexico

Published December 2, 2024 11:14 AM

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — The Coast Guard recovered the bodies of two boaters off the Alabama coast but suspended the search for a missing 7-year-old boy after combing the area over the weekend. Searchers were unable to find Hunter Slezak. He was on a boat that went missing Friday. Searchers on Saturday found a debris field about nine miles off the coast of Dauphin Island. The bodies of 69-year-old Sam Wooley and 40-year-old Michael Slezak were recovered but the child was not found. The search was suspended Sunday night.

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