Two young men disappeared while kayaking Saturday in Shinnecock Bay on Long Island, authorities said Sunday.
Cops were searching for Shane Garcia, 27, and Aaron Montemarano, 25, after they disappeared on the body of water near the eastern tip of Long Island, about 75 miles east of New York City’s Central Park, Newsday reported.
Police said Garcia sent a photo of himself and Montemarano on a kayak to his girlfriend during their day out, according to News 12 Long Island. When he never returned home that night, she called 911 and reported him missing.
Investigators found Garcia’s car in Hampton Bays at the end of Shinnecock Road, Newsday reported. The photo he sent his girlfriend showed him and Montemarano kayaking near the Ponquogue Bridge.
“We were kind of given a broad location. We’re trying to narrow that down,” Southampton Police Sgt. Michael Walsh told the outlet. “It’s an active investigation. We’re trying to locate both of them at this point,”
Garcia was described as 6-foot-2 and weighing about 185 pounds, according to Patch. He was last seen wearing a gray jacket and shirt, black pants and tan Nike sneakers. Cops did not provide a description of Montemarano, saying only that he was in the company of Garcia when he disappeared.
