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April 28, 2006

Search continues for third URI student

Authorities have intensified search efforts for a third missing URI student, believed to have drowned more than a month ago, after the bodies of his two companions were discovered over the past two days.

The Department of Environmental Management has been searching Narragansett Bay this morning with a helicopter borrowed from the state airport corporation, according to DEM spokeswoman Gail Mastrati.

Later this afternoon, the Coast Guard is expected to join in air patrols in another helicopter.

The body of Daniel Donahue, 20, of Glocester, was found floating off Point Judith Wednesday morning. Fandia Mahoud Shloul, 21, of Pawtucket, was discovered off the coast of Newport yesterday.

Only Geoffrey M. Wilkes, 18, of Glocester remains unaccounted for.

The three students had not been seen since 2:30 a.m. on March 13 when they took a small boat into the foggy, near-freezing waters after attending a small party in the Bonnet Shores area of Narragansett.

Posted by Steve Peoples  at 2:30 PM | Permalink

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