Coast Guard suspends search for missing man off Provincetown coast

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 05/23/2020 07:30 PM EDT

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Coast Guard suspends search for missing man off Provincetown coast

Boston — The Coast Guard suspended its search Saturday at 3:40 p.m., for a missing man off Provincetown pending new information.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England received a call at approximately 11 p.m. Friday, reporting an overdue kayaker, 50-year old Carol Madru.

Madru was reportedly last seen with 51-year-old Marc-Oliver Czarnecki.

Madru was found unresponsive 6:30 a.m., Saturday on the eastern shore of Provincetown Harbor and later declared deceased. 

Czarnecki is still missing at this time.

Search crews include:

  • 45-foot response boat medium, Station Provincetown
  • MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, Air Station Cape Cod 
  • Provincetown Harbormaster 
  • Provincetown Police Department

Crews searched 180 square miles for 16 hours.

If anyone has new information regarding this case, please call Sector Southeastern New England at 508-457-3211. 

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