November 2, 2016
NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard located a body matching the description of the missing person in the water near Pass Christian Harbor, Mississippi, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 2:33 a.m., Tuesday, that an African-American male, appearing to be 40 years old or older, wearing a white T-shirt, fell into the water and drifted away from shore.
A 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Coast Guard Station Gulfport located the body at 9:58 a.m.
Mississippi Department of Marine Resources recovered the body and transported it to shore.