GROTON, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut State Police on Saturday recovered the body of a missing boater who had departed from Groton in a 14-foot dinghy on Friday.
The body of 49-year-old Matthew Lyon was pulled from the water about 10:30 a.m. after being spotted by a tug boat crew two nautical miles north of Great Gull Island, New York, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
The body was taken to the Coast Guard station in New Haven, where it was positively identified.
The cause of death was under investigation.
Lyon left the Groton Elks Lodge and Marina at 2:30 p.m. Friday. Rescuers from several Connecticut and New York police and fire departments assisted the Coast Guard in searching for Lyon after his wife reported he was overdue about three hours later, authorities said.
