Breaking news: Bodies of Children, 3 and 5 Years Old, Recovered, Dad Still Missing After Sailboat Capsizes in Wisconsin…..

Bodies of Children, 3 and 5 Years Old, Recovered, Dad Still Missing After Sailboat Capsizes in Wisconsin

The children’s bodies were found more than 48 hours after their boat set sail

 

By

Charna Flam

Updated on July 16, 2024 12:49AM EDT

The rocky coast of Cave Point County Park, in Door County, Wisconsin, is photographed with a long exposure under a cloudy morning sky.

Stock image of Cave Point County Park, in Door County, Wisconsin. PHOTO: GETTY

The bodies of a 5-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son were recovered on Monday, July 15, following a search and rescue mission for a missing sailboat near Chambers Island, Wis., according to the Door County Sheriff’s Office. The search for their father continues.

 

Bill Salnick, 32, and his children, 5 and 3, went missing around 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. Although police withheld the names of the children in their initial statement, they were identified as Charlotte and Josh by a GoFundMe created by Salnick’s mother, Tina.

 

The 18-foot Gulf Coast sailboat, My Lady Blue, they were sailing in was found around 6:20 a.m., just south of Chambers Island in Gibraltar, Wis., the sheriff’s office said. The children’s bodies were discovered at around 11:20 a.m., “one mile south of where the boat had been found.”

 

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The sailboat. OCONTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFIC

The family left the Oconto boat launch on My Lady Blue around 10 a.m. Saturday. The search for Salnick and his children began after the Oconto County Sheriff’s Office was notified that an overdue boater had left the Oconto Harbor, per the OCSO’s Facebook statement. Oconto County is west of Door County and across from Green Bay.

 

The United States Coast Guard (USCG), Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, City of Oconto Police Department, Oconto County Emergency Management, Marinette County Sheriff’s Office and Dispatch Center and Oconto Fire & Rescue assisted with OCSO’s search.

 

Beginning Sunday, the USCG searched the Bay of Green Bay and expanded into Door County’s jurisdictional waters. The Door County Sheriff’s Office, Door County Emergency Services and Town of Gibraltar Fire Department then

joined the search.