A Florida doctor has vanished at sea with no evidence of foul play
Hopes of finding a Florida doctor alive almost a week after he set sail on the Gulf of Mexico were diminishing Tuesday.
Hopes of finding a Florida doctor alive almost a week after he set sail on the Gulf of Mexico were diminishing Tuesday.
The Coast Guard announced Sunday that it had suspended its search for Dr. Chaundre Cross, 49, of Naples, more than three days after crews found his 33-foot vessel, Vitamin Sea, adrift about 16 miles south of Sanibel Island, a Gulf Coast getaway near Fort Myers.
Cross set off from Naples on the morning of Aug. 10, but by early evening the Collier County Sheriff's Office said it was looking for him because family members expressed concern about his whereabouts.
Dr. Chaundre Cross.WBBHDiscovery of the unoccupied boat Aug. 11 prompted Coast Guard crews to search overnight for a person in the water, the agency said. It continued to use a Coast Guard cutter, a patrol boat, response boats, Jayhawk and Hercules helicopters, and fixed-wing aircraft to search for Cross through Sunday.
Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission agents, Naples police and sheriff's deputies with Collier and Lee counties helped, the Coast Guard said.
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