The search continues for a paddleboarder who went missing from waters off Harrington Beach State Park near Belgium in northern Ozaukee County, but mounting evidence has led searchers to concentrate efforts on an area between there and Kohler-Andrae State Park in Sheboygan County.
A lifejacket found Thursday afternoon was confirmed by family members to belonging to the 49-year-old woman, described as white, approximately 5’11” tall and weighing 140 pounds. She was wearing a green one-piece swimsuit with the black lifejacted when she disappeared this past Wednesday.
Family members called Ozaukee County Emergency Management at 8:06 p.m. Wednesday and search efforts began immediately, with the Sheboygan County Sheriff’s Office requested to assist. Numerous agencies have since joined the efforts.
The paddleboard was found around 9:45 a.m. Thursday on a Town of Holland, Sheboygan County beach, and the lifejacket was found on Friday in the waters off the shore of Kohler-Andrae State Park. The paddle, described as a single stand-up paddle board paddle with an orange handle, silver shaft and black paddle blade, has still not been found.
Homeowners residing along Lake Michigan between the City of Sheboygan and Port Washington are being asked to check their properties for any signs of the missing subject, and to call the Ozaukee County Sheriff’s Office at 262-284-7172 if evidence is found.
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