Search ended for Texas family missing off the Alaskan coast

[IceIce9]

David Maynard, Mary Maynard and their two children, Colton and Brantley, were vacationing in Alaska when they fell into ocean when a boat capsized.

The Coast Guard received a mayday call around 7 p.m. on Aug. 3 for a 28-foot aluminum vessel that began taking on water with eight people aboard, according to Petty Officer Shannon Kearney.

Four people were rescued by a good Samaritan vessel, “Salty Sea”, from a life raft, according to the Coast Guard. The Maynards, however, were not found that night.

“With great sadness” Alaska DPS ends search for missing Troy, Texas family

The Alaska Dept. of Public Safety on Aug. 20 announced it was ending its search for The Maynards, a Troy family who went missing when a boat capsized off the coast in Homer on Aug. 3.

www.kwtx.com

 

[ChatteringBirds]

Extremely tragic. Sincere condolences to their relatives and friends.

 

[LadyL]

very sad

 

[Unalienable Rights]

Remains of 3 bodies, boat found in waters near Homer nearly 1 year after Texas family went missing

Nearly 10 months after a family of four from Texas went missing in the waters of Kachemak Bay, a search has turned up human remains in the boat on the bottom of the bay.

www.alaskasnewssource.com

May 28, 2025

Nearly 10 months after a family of four from Texas went missing in the waters of Kachemak Bay, a search has turned up human remains in the boat on the bottom of the bay.

In an update posted Wednesday, Alaska State Troopers said that three private companies banded together to search the bay earlier this month and located the 28-foot aluminum boat that capsized last August about 16 miles west of the Homer Spit.

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The remains of three bodies were recovered from the site this week by volunteers with Alaska Dive, Search, Rescue, and Recovery Team and Alaska Wildlife Troopers and have been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for positive identification. Troopers also said next of kin has been notified

 

[iulia]

The NamUs pages for Colton, David and Mary Maynard have been removed. It looks like Brantley hasn't been recovered.

Missing Person / NamUs #MP128989

View NamUs missing persons case MP128989, for Brantley -- Maynard, missing from Homer, Alaska. Date of last contact: Aug 03, 2024. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Missing Person / NamUs #MP128994

View NamUs missing persons case MP128994, for Colton -- Maynard, missing from Homer, Alaska. Date of last contact: Aug 03, 2024. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Missing Person / NamUs #MP128997

View NamUs missing persons case MP128997, for David Dean Maynard, missing from Homer, Alaska. Date of last contact: Aug 03, 2024. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

Missing Person / NamUs #MP129000

View NamUs missing persons case MP129000, for Mary Elizabeth Maynard, missing from Homer, Alaska. Date of last contact: Aug 03, 2024. NCMEC case number: --.

namus.nij.ojp.gov

 

[iulia]

Recovered remains confirmed to be missing Texas boaters; fourth set of remains found | Homer News

Remains were recovered from the vessel sank that in Kachemak Bay last August.

www.homernews.com

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McDaniel said that a positive identification for the fourth set of remains is still forthcoming — however, troopers and divers believe at this time that the remains of all four missing members of the Maynard family have been recovered from the vessel.

 

[iulia]

Brantley's NamUs page has been removed.

 

[Jsizzle]

So sad . Wonder why the family didn’t also get rescued? How did the others survive but not the family?