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WENGNews writes, "CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL JUST BEFORE 1:45PM SATURDAY FROM A WOMAN WHO REPORTED THAT HER FATHER WAS MISSING AFTER GOING OUT ON HIS SAILBOAT ON FRIDAY. LAILA SALTER SAID HE NORMALLY RETURNS THE NEXT MORNING, BUT HE HAD NOT BEEN SEEN OR HEARD FROM, AND HIS VEHICLE WAS STILL PARKED AT THE PORT CHARLOTTE BEACH COMPLEX. THE MARINE PATROL SET OUT TO SEARCH THE WATERS, AND LESS THAN TWO HOURS LATER, THEY FOUND 53 YEAR OLD JOSEPH SALTER IN HIS 22 FOOT CATALINA SAILBOAT AT SHOAL POINT NEAR HOG ISLAND, AT THE MYAKKA RIVER CUT-OFF. SALTER, WHO DID NOT HAVE A CELL PHONE, TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT HE HAD ENGINE TROUBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND COULD NOT GET THE BOAT TO START. THE MARINE PATROL TOWED THE BOAT BACK TO SHORE AT AROUND 3:45PM, AND DESPITE BEING TIRED, HUNGRY, AND THIRSTY, SALTER WAS DOING JUST FINE HEALTH WISE. "
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Posted on Mar 24, 2008 05:53am.
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