FRANK CIPRIANO: Body found off Catalina Island. Is it missing Newport Beach boater? Confirmation could come as early as today from officials.

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Update:

By Randy Economy
www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com
August 16, 2010
5:30 a.m.

Santa Catalina Island,  CA

Has the body of  missing Newport Beach boater Frank Cipriano been found?

Authorities have recovered a body near Catalina Island in the same area where Cipriano had been reported missing a week ago Sunday, August 8.

A positive id of that body should be made official, maybe as early as today (Monday).

For the past couple of days, I have been receiving several notes and emails from friends and family members of Frank's telling me that a body had indeed been recovered and they "are dealing with this very sad news."

If you recall.... Frank and a few of his friends had been on a boat called "The Indecent Proposal" for a weekend of fishing and leisure.   He went missing when he took a dingy into shore from the Cherry Cove area of Catalina Island.



Members of the US Coast Guard and local law enforcement agencies told a local newspaper that indeed a body had been located last Thursday in the "general area" where Cipriano had last been seen. 
 The Los Angeles coroner's office is handling the autopsy...the case has been turned over to the Orange County Sheriff's Department for further investigation.

As soon as an "official" notice to the media is released,  I will get it on the blog...
 

In the meantime, can you please, keep Mr. Cipriano and his family and dedicated friends in your hearts and prayers during this day and rough week that lies ahead? 

Update to follow...check back....


RrE

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UPDATE ON FRANK CIPRIANO: Coast Gaurd calls off search for missing boater off Catalina Island. Eyewitness News posts map and photo of missing area and man

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Frank Cipriano was last seen in this area above.  ABC7 map.

Photo of Frank Cipriani

UPDATE at 8 p.m.

Monday, August 9, 2010:

Thanks to Eyewitness News here in Los Angeles for airing  two important images regarding Mr. Cipriano.  One is a photo of the missing Dana Point man, and the other is a map of the area on Santa Catalina Island were he was last seen. 

By Randy Economy

www.Economy4ABC.Blogspot.com

August 9, 2010

10:56 a.m.

CATALINA —

The search for missing boater Frank Cipriano has been called off today according to the US Coast Guard.

The Two Harbors area of Catalina Island has been searched for the past 24 hours when Cipriano was reported missing at  about 10:45 a.m. Sunday.

He has not been located, and friends and family are beginning to fear the worst....

He was with friends on the yacht named "The Indecent Proposal" that was docked in Cherry Cove, just west of Isthmus Cove and Two Harbors.

Cipriano, who is in his 30's,  took a trip on the vessel's dingy and did not return, according to the Coast Guard. The dingy was found one mile off Eagle Reef.  He was wearing black "board" shorts and a polo-style shirt.

If you have any additional information about Frank and can share more about his life, please feel free to hit my comment section below.

I will keep him in my Prayers and hope for a safe return....

 

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FRANK CIPRIANO: MAN ABOARD THE "INDECENT PROPOSAL" reported missing off Santa Catalina today. Coast Guard is searching....

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BREAKING NEWS:
By Randy Economy
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August 8, 2010
8:22 p.m.

Off Santa Catalina Island, CA

What happened to Frank Cipriano tonight?

That is the question on the minds of lots of people who are looking for him in off the shores of Catalina Island.

The 45-year old man was reported missing earlier today and BOTH the U.S. Coast Guard and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are searching off the coast of Santa Catalina Island attempting to locate him..

Frank Cipriano (no city listed but he is presumed to be a resident of Southern California) had been missing since about 10:45 a.m., when his shipmates on "The Indecent Proposal," a vessel anchored in Cherry Cove, woke up and didn't find him on board.

The Indecent Proposal's dinghy was found about a mile away in Eagle Reef.

Cipriano is reported to be about 160 pounds and wearing a polo T-shirt and black board-shorts.  If you have any additional information about the whereabouts of Cipriano, you are being asked to immediately contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department as soon as possible.

Also, if you have a photo of Frank, or happen to know him, please hit my comment section or drop me a note to RREconomy@aol.com.

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