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Police investigate death of Madeira Beach boater
Authorities received a call Friday night from someone who heard a person calling for help from the water behind Madeira Beach Fundamental Elementary School.
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MADEIRA BEACH â Authorities are investigating the death of a 33-year-old boater who was aboard a dinghy that sank near an elementary school Friday night, according to a Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office news release.
Detectives and members of the sheriffâs office dive team, plus officials from the Coast Guard and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, searched for Dwight Haggins after receiving a call at about 11:10 p.m. Someone said they heard a person asking for help in the water behind Madeira Beach Fundamental Elementary School at 591 Tom Stuart Causeway.
Body of missing boater found after son, 2 others swim to shore
By FOX 13 News Staff
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MADEIRA BEACH, Fla. - The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit located the body of Dwight Haggins, 33, after they say a dingy he was in with three other people, including his 6-year-old son, sank Friday night.
According to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to a call for help in the water behind Madeira Beach Fundamental Elementary School around 11:10 p.m. on Friday.
Investigators say Nicholas Dunski, 31, Dunski launched his dingy from the Madeira Beach McDonalds located at 650 150th Avenue with Haggins, Haggin’s son and Erik Echols, 31, and headed south toward Dunski’s boat, which was anchored offshore.
MADEIRA BEACH â Pinellas County Sheriffâs Office reported about 8:16 a.m. May 15 that the body of a boater reported missing offshore Madeira Beach had been found.
Deputies responded to Madeira Beach Fundamental Elementary School, 501 Tom Stuart Causeway, about 11:10 p.m. May 14 after someone reported hearing someone calling for help in the water behind the school.
According to detectives with the Robbery/Homicide Unit, Nicholas Dunski, 31, launched his dingy from the Madeira Beach McDonalds, 650 150th Ave., with Dwight Haggins, 33, Hagginsâ son Kapone Fitzergald, 6, and friend Erik Echols, 31. They traveled southbound under the Tom Stuart Causeway on their way to Dunskiâs boat anchored offshore.