Search for missing Troy family ends

HOMER, Ak. ( FOX 44 ) – Search efforts for the Maynard family have ended, according to the Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team.

The Recovery Team said on its Facebook page that if something is found or possibly found in the future, it will respond to assess what is found if requested by the state’s Department of Public Safety.

Our thoughts and prayers continue to be with the survivors, their family, friends, and community.

– Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team

This comes after the U.S. Coast Guard confirmed the identities of the Troy family missing earlier this month, when a small boat they were on capsized in the waters off Alaska.

CPO Travis Magee of Coast Guard District 17 Public Affairs said those missing were David and Mary Maynard, and children Colton and Brantley Maynard.

CPO Magee said the Coast Guard received a report about 7 p.m. on August 3 that a 28-foot aluminum vessel with eight people aboard was taking on water about 16 miles west of Homer, Alaska. The Coast Guard issued a radio broadcast to notify area vessels of the situation. The vessel Salty Sea arrived on the scene and rescued four people from a life raft.

The Coast Guard directed the launch of multiple assets to search for the other four missing people, including two 29-foot Response Boats, the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon, along with a Jayhawk helicopter and a C-130J from Coast Guard Air Station in Kodiak, Alaska.

Coast Guard reported that Alaska State Troopers and several Good Samarian vessels assisted with the search efforts. However, after searching nearly 24 hours, the search was suspended pending the development of new information.

The Coast Guard issued the statement below:

“The decision to suspend a search is never easy and involves the careful consideration of many factors including environmental conditions and search operations.

“Our deepest condolences go out to the family, friends, and loved ones of the missing people during this unimaginably difficult time.”

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