Missing boater's body recovered

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard continues to search May 7 for a person in the water near Perdido Bay, Ala., after receiving a May 6 report from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. The Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission recovered the owner of a 20-foot pontoon boat that had been beached near Ono Island in the early evening. The owner’s 50-year-old wife remains missing. Anyone with information that may help is asked to contact CG Sector Mobile (Ala.) command center at (251) 441-6211. (Source: Coast Guard 05/06/18) UPDATE: The CG ended its search for a person in the water around Perdido Bay on May 7. A CG Air Station New Orleans MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and aircrew located the body around 9 a.m. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recovered the body and transferred the person to shore where they were met by local EMS.