Joining the Coast Guards in that search is the police department. ASP Fitzroy Yearwood says it's a matter of urgency:
ASP Fitzroy Yearwood, Dir. of Communications, ComPol's Office
"It has raised some interest by the police even more, when his vessel was discovered by Independence Police. That vessel is in police custody. We cannot give a definite location of the owner. But I am certain we are treating this incident with utmost urgency. Because, one, he was last seen onboard his vessel. And, if we have that vessel we have to try to locate him."
Karl Wagner's life jacket was found in the very same bullet-riddled boat and, this afternoon, while searching in the mangroves near Malacate beach, family members found the pair of pants Wagner had been wearing. That is in the area between Independence and Placencia.
