NEW ORLEANS - The Coast Guard is searching Jan. 31 for four overdue boaters in the vicinity of Biloxi (Miss.) Bay. The missing boaters are 42-year-old female Victoria Elizabeth Farr, 37-year-old male Richard Allen, 12-year-old female Piper Nicole Farr, and 11-year-old male Chase Jaxon Craig. CG Mobile received a call around 4:27 a.m. from a family friend stating the four were aboard a 19-foot red and white Mako skiff but did not return home after their expected return time of 8 p.m. After confirming the boaters' truck and trailer were still left at Lake Mars Pier in Biloxi, the CG Gulfport launched a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew, a 29-foot Response Boat-Small boatcrew, and a CG Aviation Training Center-Mobile HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew to search. Among other entities involved with the search include Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, National Park Service and Jackson County Sheriff's Department. (Coast Guard 01/31/23)
UPDATE: The Coast Guard has located the four overdue boaters, WLOX News learned just before 2 p.m. on Jan. 31. The boaters were found in the Gulfport ship channel. All were in stable condition.
IN A SEPARATE INCIDENT, the CG rescued three boaters on Jan. 30 after their vessel began taking on water near Pascagoula, Miss. The CG received a distress alert at 8:11 a.m. about 11 miles southeast of Pascagoula. The signal was registered to a 50-foot commercial fishing vessel, Dat Parker. The owner of the vessel's wife was unable to contact them. CG Mobile launched a CG Station Pascagoula Response Boat-Medium boatcrew. The crew located the sinking vessel and embarked the fishermen aboard and transported them to Bayou La Batre, Ala. (CG 01/30/23) All three persons were reported to be in stable condition.
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