Body Found That Could Be That Of Missing Boater, Former Jay Resident

September 24, 2011

A body has been found of the Mexican coast near where the boat belonging to a missing former Jay resident was found September 2. The body was discovered floating this week by the Mexican Navy about 60 miles from where 41-year old Alonzo Lee Kent’s boat The Monkey Bar II was found.

According to an article in the Mexican newspaper Progreso Hoy, the body was that of naked white male, but facial features were unrecognizable due to decomposition in the water. The newspaper reported that the body was like that of Kent or perhaps a that of man that went missing from an oil platform on September 8.

Kent is official listed as a missing person with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office, but his family believes he is dead, having published an obituary just days after his disappearance.

About 8:30 a.m. on August 28, family reported Kent, now a resident of Gulf Breeze, missing after he did not return from a fishing trip south of Pensacola Pass. The Coast Guard called off their search for Kent after searching an area larger than Maryland.

Kent’s The Monkey Bar II was located near Chuburna, a small town on the Yucatan Peninsula — about 550 miles away. There was no one aboard the Boston Whaler, according to the Progreso Hoy newspaper website.

The boat was floating with the keys in the console and out of gas. There was no one aboard, according to fisherman Yam Chan who found the boat. The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed late Friday night that the Monkey Bar II was being held by Mexican authorities pending an investigation.

Back in the U.S., a warrant for Kent’s arrest was signed August 30 by an Escambia County Judge, the same day the U.S. Coast Guard ended a three-day search for him and his 32-foot Boston Whaler in the Gulf.

Pensacola Police said a 40-year old woman, whose name has not been released, reported that Kent had repeatedly stalked and harassed her for months. The woman claimed he called her over four dozen times, yelled obscenities while banging on her door and sat outside her home for four hours drinking beer.

According to Escambia County Clerk of Courts records, a temporary restraining order was issued against Kent after being filed by a Pensacola woman on August 26. He missed a scheduled court appearance.

Pictured: The Monkey Bar II, the fishing boat belonging to a former Jay resident missing since a fishing trip last week, was found in Chuburna, Mexico. Photo courtesy Progreso Hoy for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

5 Responses to “Body Found That Could Be That Of Missing Boater, Former Jay Resident”

  1. Questions on September 26th, 2011 11:24 am

    My condolences to the family. After having said that, there are a lot of questions about this situation. If the mexican mafia or any other “pirates” had done this to this man, I believe they would have dumped his body where they found him and taken the boat and probably any money that he had with him. I don’t believe the boat would have ever been found by authorities since it probably would have been altered in some way. I have no reason to believe that the mexican mafia would leave a nice boat like that behind for authorities to find.

  2. hawghead on September 26th, 2011 9:56 am

    I agree with David.

  3. David Huie Green on September 25th, 2011 9:56 pm

    the best way to show respect for your family is to avoid getting a criminal record

    no reason to expect others to cover it up for you

  4. m williams on September 25th, 2011 6:46 pm

    out of respect for the family, couldn’t you leave out the criminal records?? that should be for police records only.

  5. hkemhorns on September 25th, 2011 7:27 am

    Mexican Bandidos probably. Watch the boat disappear from authorities.

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