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2 Canoers Found Dead in Tomales Bay After Not Returning From Camping Trip
Officials said the men were wearing life jackets as multiple agencies searched by water, ground and air.
- Two men were found dead in Tomales Bay in Marin County on Sunday, Aug. 30, after The Coast Guard launched a search following their failure to return from an overnight canoeing trip.
- Marin County Fire officials said Casey Flynn Melia and a companion departed around midnight Saturday to view bioluminescence and planned to canoe to White Gulch Beach to camp.
- Search crews found both men wearing life jackets, with one located near Toms Point and the other north of Hog Island. Emergency responders pronounced both dead on Sunday.
- The Sonoma County Sheriff-Coroner Bureau and the Marin County Sheriff Office are leading investigations into the deaths. Officials have not determined the cause, and Melia's companion remains unidentified.
- A forensic post-mortem examination and toxicology testing for Melia are scheduled for later this week as authorities investigate the incident in an area emergency responders describe as notoriously dangerous.
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