Office of External Affairs
U.S. Coast Guard

Date: February 29, 2008

Contact:  Lt. j.g. Ben Sparacin
(361) 939-6227

COAST GUARD LOCATES MISSING KAYAKER'S BODY

DATELINE - The crew of a Coast Guard HH-65C rescue helicopter located the body of Stephen Stafford twenty miles South of Corpus Christi yesterday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. ashore the Padre Island National Seashore.

Stephen Stafford went missing on February 17, 2008 while kayaking in Port Aransas, Texas.

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