Body found near Fairport Harbor

Identified as missing father, search suspended

A second body was found June 6 matching the description of the man’s son, another Coast Guard spokesperson later confirmed.

A body found June 5 in Lake Erie near Fairport Harbor was identified as that of a father reported missing, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson confirmed

June 6.

A second body was found June 6 matching the description of the man’s son, another Coast Guard spokesperson later confirmed. The Coast Guard had been searching for the pair who were reported missing from a capsized fishing boat.

Coast Guard spokeswoman Petty Officer Second Class Lauren Steenson previously told the News-Herald they received a report about 11 a.m. June 4 of an overturned vessel located about four miles north of Fairport Harbor in Lake Erie.

Responding, the Coast Guard found the vessel with the only passenger being a dog that was huddling in the boat’s hold, Steenson said June 5.

Using the boat’s Ohio registration numbers, the Coast Guard contacted a woman at the residence of the boat’s owner. The woman said her husband and son had gone fishing in Lake Erie on Wednesday but had not returned, Steenson said.

The Coast Guard enabled its various Ninth District assets, including several surface vessels and a helicopter from the Coast Guard’s base in Detroit.

Joining the Coast Guard in the search and rescue operations were a number of state and local agencies involved in waterways activities, Steenson said.