Authorities have discovered the body of a paddle boarder who had gone missing in a pond on Martha’s Vineyard, near President Barack Obama’s estate.
According to the Martha’s Vineyard Times, police in Edgartown, Massachusetts, confirmed that the search for an unidentified 43-year-old African American man has been called off.
In a statement, the Massachusetts State Police reported that they had responded to the emergency at the town’s Great Pond at approximately 7:40 pm on Sunday. The pond is situated in the vicinity of a 30-acre waterfront Turkeyland Cove estate, which was purchased by the Obamas in 2019.
A fellow paddleboarder, who was with the victim at the time, informed authorities that he witnessed the man struggling to remain on the surface before eventually going underwater.
The missing man’s paddleboard and hat were found later on the same day. Multiple agencies from neighboring areas, along with the US Coast Guard, assisted in the search and rescue operations until they were temporarily suspended on Monday morning.
The Massachusetts State Police stated, “Shortly before 10 AM the body of the missing paddle boarder was recovered from Edgartown Great Pond by Massachusetts State Police divers. MSP Underwater Recovery Unit divers made the recovery after the victim’s body was located by a Massachusetts Environmental Police Officers deploying side-scan sonar from a boat.
As previously noted, the victim is a 43-year-old male. His name is not being released at this time; we expect to release his name later today.
The recovery was made approximately 100 feet from shore at a depth of about eight feet.”
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