Little hope of finding missing fisherman
April 17th, 2006 by Fishing admin
Little hope of finding missing fisherman
Police say they hold little hope of finding a 18 year-old man missing from a trawler off eastern Cape York.
Crew mates told detectives they have not seen Matthew John Kinneally since he tried to swim between two boats in Princess Charlotte Bay on Wednesday night.
They did not raise the alarm until after midnight the next night.
A final final helicopter sweep of the search area is taking place, but Senior Constable Nathan Johnson says it will be called off shortly.
“Unfortunately we don’t hold out very much hope at this stage,” he said.
“The family have been fully briefed and advised of the situation in regard to the missing person and unfortunately due to the timeframe where the gentleman went missing and when were notified of it, we don’t hold out a lot of hope to locate this person at this stage.”