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The discovery came after three private Alaska companies,
including one that uses sonar equipment to search underwater,
offered in April to help look for the family, who are from
Texas, according to a statement released by the Alaska
Department of Public Safety.
Earlier this month, they found the missing boat along with human
remains in 180 feet (55 meters) of water in Kachemak Bay near
Homer, the department said.
Divers from the state were then able to recover three sets of
remains from the sunken vessel during dives on Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The remains have been taken to the State Medical Examiner’s
Office to perform autopsies and identify them, according to the
public safety department. It did not say how long identifying
the remains would take.
The missing family from Troy, Texas, includes Mary Maynard, 37,
and David Maynard, 42, along with sons Colton, 11, and Brantley,
8, according to the statement.
The search for the family was launched in August after a report
came in that a 28-foot (8.5-meter) aluminum boat carrying eight
people had begun taking on water, the U.S. Coast Guard said at
the time. The Coast Guard notified other ships in the area of
the situation, and a boat nearby rescued four people.
The Coast Guard scoured Kachemak Bay and Alaska search and
rescue crews tried to use sonar equipment to find the family,
according to the state's public safety department. But they were
not successful and by the next evening, the search was
suspended.
Christi Wells, who provided a statement on behalf of Mary
Maynard’s parents at the time, said the family enjoyed spending
time with friends and relatives, and traveling, according to the
Anchorage Daily News. Mary Maynard was a traveling nurse and
David Maynard stayed at home with the children and had a lawn
care business, she said.
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