Search Suspended For Former Jay Resident Missing in Gulf

September 1, 2011

The Coast Guard has called off their search for a former Jay resident missing since last weekend in the Gulf of Mexico.

About 8:30 Sunday morning, family reported 41-year old Lee Kent, now a resident of Gulf Breeze, missing after he did not return from a fishing trip south of Pensacola Pass aboard a 37-foot boat named Monkey Bar II.

The Coast Guard said they found no signs of Kent or his boat after searching an area larger than Maryland since Sunday.

Pictured: A HC-144A Ocean Sentry from the Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile and the Guard Cutter Seahawk, an 87-foot patrol boat homeported in Carrabelle, Florida, were used to search for Lee Kent, missing in the Gulf since Sunday. Courtesy photo for NorthEscambia.com, click to enlarge.

Comments

3 Responses to “Search Suspended For Former Jay Resident Missing in Gulf”

  1. Danette on September 2nd, 2011 4:06 pm

    Still praying and asking everyone else to also…. that is all we can do! Pray for him and his family/friends/loved ones!

  2. evelyn holden on September 2nd, 2011 5:09 am

    So sad to hear of this. I knew Lee several years ago. He was a fine young man and I hope he is alive and well. My best to his family.

  3. Interested on September 1st, 2011 12:25 pm

    I am so so very sorry for the relatives of this man. What a misery and
    a mystery with no closure.
    It is so hard to believe they found nothing. Surely there were floats or
    something on this boat, It would seem to me there would have been
    some kind of signs of something.

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