A fisherman is missing, but his body may have been found this afternoon. 46-year-old Jose Mendez went fishing with his son and a friend on Wednesday in Franks Eddy Village when their boat capsized around midday. Less than twenty minutes before the briefing, police discovered a body in the area but up to this afternoon, it had yet to be identified by family members.
ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, NCIB
"Some time earlier in the day shortly before midday, himself along with his father Jose Mendez, 46 years old and another male person were in the process of crossing the flooded river to secure some items they had on the other side of the river and at the time they were in a small canoe that had an outboard engine and somewhere near the middle of the river the engine shut off and they drifted for a little while and eventually the vessel capsized and during the process Enrick Mendez and the other person were able to swim to shore whilst Jose Mendez was not found and since then there has been ongoing search by coast guard, police, villagers and family members and today sometime around 2:20pm a body was located in the area of Darknight on the river and police and scenes of crime personnel are on their way to process the scene and to determine whether or not that is the missing man."
Reporter
"Is it believe to be Mendez?"
ACP Joseph Myvett, Head, NCIB
"Well it is, but is yet to be confirmed by family members."
Police are warning the wider public to stay away from rivers during this time of incessant raining and flooding.
