GROTON, Conn. (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for two missing Connecticut boaters after the vessel they were believed to be using was found on a beach.
The Coast Guard says it suspended the search for 21-year-old Spencer Mugford and 20-year-old Sophia McKenna at 10:30 p.m. Monday.
They departed from Avery Point in Groton on Sunday and were last seen on social media at 2 a.m. Sunday.
The boat it is believed they were in — a 14-foot white and blue sailboat — was found with no mast on a beach Monday evening on the other side of Long Island Sound near Greenport, New York. Authorities say there was no evidence anyone had walked up the beach
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The Coast Guard and several other agencies searched for the pair.