Search suspended for Southern Miss student missing near Dauphin Island Dauphin Island, Ala. (AP Photo/Dan Anderson) (Source: Dan Anderson) By Associated Press | May 4, 2021 at 9:33 PM CDT - Updated May 4 at 10:00 PM
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) The Coast Guard says it is suspending the search for a University of Southern Mississippi student who’s been missing since Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast.
Crews searched nearly 1,800 square miles without finding any sign of 20-year-old Robert Brent of Yazoo County, Mississippi.
He was last seen while swimming off the southern shore of Dauphin Island, and a friend reported him missing after he disappeared from sight.
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DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. The Coast Guard said Tuesday it was suspending the search for a University of Southern Mississippi student missing since Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast.
Crews searched nearly 1,800 square miles without finding any sign of Robert Brent, 20, of Yazoo County, Mississippi. He was last seen while swimming off the southern shore of Dauphin Island, and a friend reported him missing after he disappeared from sight.
The U.S. Coast Guard joined local authorities in a search, which has included aircraft, boats and teams combing the shore. Unfortunately we have not been able to locate this young man, who was loved by his family and community. Our deepest sympathies are with the family right now,” Lt. Cmdr. Erica Brewton, who coordinated the search Coast Guard Sector Mobile, said in a statement.
The search for a University of Southern Mississippi student who went missing Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico has been suspended by the U.S. Coast Guard.
Crews searched for Robert Brent, 20, of Yazoo County, Mississippi for nearly 1,800 square miles. A friend reported Brent missing after he disappeared while swimming off the southern shore of Dauphin Island.
The search team was made up of the Coast Guard and local authorities that used aircrafts, boats and teams combing the shore.
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Crews searched nearly 1,800 square miles without finding any sign of 20-year-old Robert Brent of Yazoo County, Mississippi.
Posted: May 4, 2021 2:06 PM
Updated: May 6, 2021 10:37 AM
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DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) The Coast Guard says it is suspending the search for a University of Southern Mississippi student who’s been missing since Sunday in the Gulf of Mexico off the Alabama coast.
Crews searched nearly 1,800 square miles without finding any sign of 20-year-old Robert Brent of Yazoo County, Mississippi.
He was last seen while swimming off the southern shore of Dauphin Island, and a friend reported him missing after he disappeared from sight.