MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — Authorities say a metro Atlanta man who vanished during a fishing trip has been found dead following a multi-agency search along the Gulf Coast.
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On Tuesday, around 11 a.m. Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Marine Patrol troopers received a call about reports of a missing boater in the area of Dauphin Island in Mobile County.
Officials said Travis N. White, 54, of Peachtree City, was reported missing after he did not return home from a fishing trip.
Troopers later found the 22-foot May Craft boat White had been operating north of the Dauphin Island Bridge in a marshy area in Heron Bay.
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ALEA troopers, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Marine Resources Division officers, launched a search and rescue operation.
Authorities said the search ended Wednesday at 11:47 a.m. when White’s body was found and recovered near Petit Bois Island in Mississippi.
Officials said the investigation is ongoing.
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