Coast Guard suspends search for missing man off N.C. coast

Posted to: Military News North Carolina

By Lauren King
The Virginian-Pilot
© October 10, 2008

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search today for a missing 35-year-old man off the North Carolina coast.

Harvey Jones, of Beaufort, was reported missing Thursday morning off the Shelley, a fishing boat, 27 miles off Cape Lookout, a Coast Guard news release said. He was last seen on board the boat at about 8 a.m., a news release said. He was not wearing a life jacket.

The Coast Guard began its search after receiving the call about the missing crewman at about 10 a.m. Coast Guard search-and-rescue crews, with help from the Navy, searched more than 7,600 square nautical miles during the 30-hour search, the news release said.

The search for Jones was suspended at 6:30 p.m. today.

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