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August 1, 2007

Update: Body of quahogger, 74, found

NORTH KINGSTOWN -- The body of a 74-year-old summer resident was found late this afternoon about 100 yards off shore in the area known as The Hummocks.

The body has been sent to the Office of State Medical Examiners.

A land and water search had been launched for Wayne Forsyth, of Waldron Avenue, when the summer resident didn’t return from quahogging yesterday at Rome Point, the police said.

The nephew of Forsyth notified the police at 8 p.m. yesterday that his uncle never came home from clamming near the John H. Chafee Nature Preserve that day, said Capt. Charles Brennan.

Before contacting the police, the nephew searched by kayak himself for several hours after realizing that his uncle’s rake and quahog bag were missing, the police said. Forsyth, who lived in Florida most of the year, clams regularly during the summer.

Local and state police immediately launched a foot search of the area with the assistance of Charlestown officers on all-terrain vehicles. The harbor master and U.S. Coast Guard patrolled the waters, with Coast Guard helicopters searching from the air, Brennan said.

The effort continued until 1 a.m. and resumed at 8 this morning without the help of the Coast Guard, Brennan said. The body was found at about 4 p.m.

-- Journal staff writer Katie Mulvaney

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