PAMLICO COUNTY, N.C. — The body of a fisherman who disappeared after his boat capsized off the North Carolina coast last Tuesday has been found.
The Hyde County Sheriff’s Office said the body of Keyron Davis was found Friday and crews needed to use sonar to find his body at the bottom of the sound.
Davis was one of four people on board a commercial fishing boat, Papa’s Girl, when it capsized and sank in the Pamlico Sound on Jan. 7.
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The Coast Guard said that crews at its Fifth District command center got a distress signal that night indicating a radio beacon registered to the fishing vessel.
A lifeboat crew was sent from the Coast Guard station at Hatteras Inlet, and a helicopter launched from Coast Guard air station in Elizabeth City.
Once they arrived, the aircrew found two of the four people and took them to a nearby hospital. Video shows Coast Guard crews pulling two of the fishermen out of the cold water.
Both crew members rescued were described as “hypothermic.” One of them required CPR, and the Coast Guard said that person was pronounced dead at the hospital. Their name has not been released.
The Coast Guard continued to search for the other two missing men, but suspended the search after looking more than 1,000 square miles.
The fourth man, Sammy Douglas, is still missing.
The sheriff’s office said they have crews that will continue to look for Douglas if the weather allows for it.
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