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Tylar Michaud, 18, of Steuben, went lacking on July 21 after he went out to have a tendency his lobster traps close to Petit Manan Island.
STEUBEN, Maine (AP) — The identification of a physique pulled from the ocean this week confirmed the worst fears of many in the neighborhood following the invention of an empty lobster boat belonging to a current highschool graduate from Maine.
Tylar Michaud, 18, of Steuben, went lacking on July 21 after he went out to have a tendency his lobster traps close to Petit Manan Island. A large search was launched after his boat was found empty.
The state medical expert’s workplace on Thursday positively recognized a physique recovered earlier within the week as Michaud, mentioned Patrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Division of Marine Assets.
“I’m grateful for the large outpouring of assist that adopted Tylar’s disappearance. The efforts of all who joined within the tough search have been unprecedented. Many businesses and people devoted numerous hours to this search. It speaks volumes in regards to the profound affect a loss like this may have,” Keliher mentioned in a press release Friday.
Michaud was misplaced at sea lower than two months after graduating from Sumner Memorial Excessive College. He deliberate to make use of proceeds from lobster fishing to pay for courses this fall at Maine Maritime Academy.
The physique was found in waters off Addison by one other lobsterman on Monday, a day after a number of hundred individuals attended a memorial service at the highschool.