Source : Perth Now news
A missing boatie has been found dead after his pleas for help in waters near a boat ramp sparked a police search.
The 55-year-old man’s body was discovered after emergency services resumed the major search on the Gold Coast on Monday morning.
Officers were called out to Hope Island’s Boykambil Esplanade boat ramp at 7.10pm on Sunday after locals heard a man yelling out for help, police said.
Police searched the area and found an unoccupied power boat belonging to the man in Coombabah Creek about 20 minutes later.
A major sea and air search was launched on Sunday night involving multiple marine, aerial and sonar assets, police said.
After the search resumed on Monday morning, the man’s body was located at 8.45am at the mouth of Saltwater Creek.
The death is being treated as non-suspicious, a police statement said.
A report will be prepared for the coroner, police said.
