Updated Footage: State Police bring in sonar equipment and a dog specially trained to sniff out bodies hidden under water...
Check below for frequent UPDATES... ANYONE WITH INFORMATION REGARDING THIS INVESTIGATION IS URGED TO CALL THE BARNSTABLE POLICE AT 508-775-0387
MARSTONS MILLS - There is a massive search underway in the area of Mystic Pond and Sawmill Road. At about 7:00 PM- Wednesday- it all started routinely enough when a cruiser was dispatched to a Sawmill Road residence in regard to a missing person report. From that point it all escalated rapidly.
According to initial reports the missing person was believed to be a 16 year old male but it was later confirmed that the missing person is actually 24 years old. Reportedly his keys and wallet were found in or near where he was last believed to be.
Every few minutes more resources were dispatched to the area including the Barnstable Police Command Center, Barnstable County Sheriff's Identification Officers, COMM Fire Rescue, Strategic Response Team, K-9 Officers, and other resources from the surrounding area.
HyannisNews has been at the scene since about 8:00 PM and Rob Bastille is calling in updates as they happen. He spoke briefly with Deputy Chief Craig Tamash who confirmed that the missing person is a 24 year old male but they do not know if he is in the water, the woods, or where he is at this time...
The search continues under extremely dark conditions. There is little or no light out there Bastille reported.
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Map shows area being searched for the missing man. Mystic Lake, Middle Pond, Hamblin Pond... Search originated from Sawmill Road... Kayak found floating in Middle Pond... |
10:00 PM UPDATE Coast Guard Helicopters are not on the scene due to weather conditions and ambiguous information. A pager alert has gone out for dive team members to report to the scene, but they are not expected to enter the water until daybreak.
11:50 PM UPDATE Hyannis News has learned that the Barnstable and Yarmouth Strategic Response Team just completed an extensive shoreline perimeter search of Mystic Lake and surrounding ponds. The vegetation was so thick team members needed to wade along in the water in order to effectively cover the area.
6:00 AM UPDATE Hyannis News off at scene at the end of Mystic Drive as COMM Divers prepare to search the waters.
Barnstable Police set up command center on the shore of Middle Pond.
7:00 AM UPDATE Hyannis News learns from Deputy Chief Craig Tamash that search efforts will focus on the water of Middle Pond... Nobody saw the man enter the water, but police did recover an overturned Kayak and paddle believed to belong to the missing man... the items were found late last night floating on Middle Pond…
The missing man's identity has yet to be released by police...
8:00 AM UPDATE Barnstable Police and COMM Fire boats search the water’s surface… Dive Team members enter the water and begin the tedious process of searching the entire lake bottom using measured robes and anchors working in progressively enlarging concentric circular patterns.
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8:30 AM UPDATE Conditions are clear and optimal while a Massachusetts State Police helicopter from Lawrence arrives to help search from the air. Police and Fire officials on shore relay information between the helicopter and personnel on and in the water.
At one point the helicopter spotted an object that looked like a body… boats were directed to its location, it turned out to be a sunken log.
12:15 PM UPDATE Centerville Dive Team taking a break... search ongoing... Hyannis Fire Dive Team called in to provide relief.
3:45 PM UPDATE Search ongoing... divers still in the water working at full force... talks about calling the divers out for the day to allow them to rest...
5:15 PM UPDATE COMM Fire reports starting to wrap up dive operation for the day... nothing found.
Officials likely withholding the young man's name because there are many reports he has made recent threats to harm himself... and in the past... unconfirmed reports say that there have been actual previous attempts to cause harm to himself...
At this point, however, officials are uncertain as to where he is and what actually has happened...
State Police CPAC investigators were at the command post earlier... CPAC is usually called in when officials have a dead body... so far the missing man has not been located.
6:00 PM UPDATE Barnstable Police report that all search personnel have "cleared" the scene for the day... the search is schedule to resume tomorrow morning... investigation ongoing.
Hyannis News has learned that search officials will bring in a boat with special sonar equipment tomorrow.
WEEKEND UPDATE: Search Officials have finished their search of Middle Pond and part of Mystic Lake. They will continue their search of Mystic Lake sometime next week.
There is information that 75 pounds of the missing man's weight lifting set is unaccounted for, which possibly is another reason why search officials are focusing on the Mystic Lake area.
This report will be frequently updated as new information is received.
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