DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. — Authorities on Wednesday identified the third person killed when a powerful storm struck a sailboat race on the Alabama coast, and the search continued on water and land for three boaters who remained missing.
The body of William Glenn Massey, 67, of Daphne was found near a gas platform in Mobile Bay, the Coast Guard said. An angler spotted the body Tuesday and notified officials.
Massey was the third person confirmed dead since the boating disaster happened Saturday afternoon.
The other victims were Kris Beall, 27, of Pineville, Louisiana, and Robert Delaney, 72, of Madison, Mississippi.
Searchers have covered more than 5,600 square miles of water looking for possible survivors and victims, and volunteers walked shorelines looking for any signs of the missing.