American family disappeared in the summer of 2024. Police found human remains and wreck of a ship
David (42) and Mary Maynard (37) and their sons, Colton (11) and Brantley (8), disappeared in August 2024. Nine months later, the authorities found a ship and human remains at a depth of 55 meters along the Alaska coast, writes Daily Mail. The Texas family and four other people were on a ship of 8.5 meters when he started to sink.
Four passengers were rescued from the rescue raft, but the family remained on board when it overturned and sank in the ice waters along the coast of Alaska. An extensive search led by the Coast Guard and the Police for the Protection of wildlife of Alaska. Authorities used helicopters and sonnar equipment to locate a family, but the search was suspended next night.
The new shift occurred in April, when the private companies of Support Vessels of Alaska, Vision Subsea and Benthic Geoscience addressed the police to the protection of the Alaska wildlife and offered additional resources to continue the search, according to the report of the Alaska Public Security Department.
– In early May, the team managed to locate the ship at a depth of 55 meters, and with the help of a remotely controlled underwater vehicle to positively identify a boat as the missing family, with possible human remains on board – writes a statement from the Public Security Department.
After the companies located the sinking ship, divers found three bodies, which were transported to the State Mary’s Office to determine identity. Although the identity of the victims has not yet been officially confirmed, officials believe that these are members of the Maynard family.
Court experts are currently working on official identification, and the autopsy has not yet been implemented. After their disappearance, a campaign was launched on the Gofundme platform, which raised more than $ 20,000.
– The Maynard family left a huge mark on the lives of many people, from laughter they brought to the love and strong family connection they provided. It is an indescribable emptiness that they will leave behind, but I know that if we gather as a family and a community, they will know how much they meant to everyone – Gofundme writes.
The captain, whose name was not published, said that Father David tried to call for help with the help of radio. When help arrived, four survivors were able to save it, but the Maynard family for unknown reasons failed to leave the overturned ship.
