The United States Coast Guard announced on Sunday it would be suspending the search for a 7-year-old boy who went missing on Friday during a boating trip with two other passengers who were later found dead.

The boy, his father Michael Slezak, and another man, Sam Wooley, were shrimping near Pelican Bay on a 22-foot boat named Marty Ann. Search and rescue teams and the U.S. Coast Guard began searching when they failed to return to shore.

Two bodies have been found off Dauphin Island during a search for three boaters missing since Friday, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

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In a devastating update on Sunday, December 2, 2024, the U.S. Coast Guard announced they were suspending the active search for Hunter Slezak (7), after recovering the bodies of two missing boaters.

U.S. Coast guard sector mobile is looking for any information on the marty ann, a 20-foot white cuddy cabin with 3 people on board. The

A 7-year-old boy is missing and two people have been found dead following a boating trip in Alabama. The search for Hunter Slezak, 7, has been suspended after two bodies, identified as his father Michael Slezak,

Image via Facebook Search and rescue crews are searching for a missing 7-year-old boy after finding the bodies of his father and a family friend. The three were boating near Dauphin Island in Alabama when their boat capsized.

Suspending an active search for a missing child is an exceptionally difficult decision and is only made after the most exhaustive efforts have occurred,”