{"id":754999,"date":"2024-12-03T17:03:40","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/?p=754999"},"modified":"2024-12-03T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-03T22:48:38","slug":"search-for-missing-boy-continues-after-boat-disappeared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/news\/search-for-missing-boy-continues-after-boat-disappeared","title":{"rendered":"Search for Missing 7-Year-Old Boy Continues After Boat Disappeared \u2014 Dad &amp; Uncle Both Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mobile County\u00a0Sheriff\u00a0Paul Burch\u00a0on Monday said his agency would continue the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2024\/12\/coast-guard-suspends-search-for-missing-7-year-old-alabama-boy-after-2-found-dead.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">search for a young boy<\/a> that went missing in Alabama on Friday in a shrimping trip that ended in tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Burch, MCSO and its partners would continue looking for <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/parenting\/neighbor-saves-kid-from-choking-doorbell-camera\">7-year-old<\/a>\u00a0Hunter Slezak\u00a0for as long as possible. Hunter went missing along with\u00a0Michael Slezak, Hunter\u2019s father, and\u00a0Sam Wooley\u00a0on Friday evening while shrimping in\u00a0Dauphin Island. The bodies of Michael and Sam were found Saturday by a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/news\/coast-guard-rescues-mom-child-standed-near-hawaii\">US Coast Guard<\/a>\u00a0crew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI will say that we will continue as long as we\u2019re able to continue,\u201d Burch said. \u201cAnd you know, some of what may be involved is more specialized equipment than what we have and but right now, I don\u2019t plan on suspending anything until we find the boat.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>More from CafeMom:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/news\/drone-video-shows-missing-toddler-found-in-cornfield\">Drone Video Shows Missing 3-Year-Old Found in Vast 100-Acre Wisconsin Cornfield<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mobile County\u00a0Sheriff\u00a0Paul Burch\u00a0on Monday said his agency would continue the\u00a0search for a young boy that went missing in Alabama on Friday in a shrimping trip that ended in tragedy. According to Burch, MCSO and its partners would continue looking for 7-year-old\u00a0Hunter Slezak\u00a0for as long as possible. Hunter went missing along with\u00a0Michael Slezak, Hunter\u2019s father, and\u00a0Sam [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":755007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2024-12-03T22:04:30Z","apple_news_api_id":"180500ee-03f3-45be-a781-8ca639f2098c","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2024-12-03T22:49:26Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQ==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AGAUA7gPzRb6ngYymOfIJjA","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"nota_seo_page_title":"","nota_seo_page_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[81,84],"tags":[3341,8127,25115,25116,2746,2643],"featured":[],"internal-tag":[],"series":[],"class_list":{"2":"type-post"},"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Search for Missing Boy Continues After Boat Disappeared<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The US Coast Guard is continuing to search for missing Alabama boy Hunter Slezak, after his dad and uncle were found dead.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cafemom.com\/news\/search-for-missing-boy-continues-after-boat-disappeared\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Search for Missing 7-Year-Old Boy Continues After Boat Disappeared \u2014 Dad &amp; 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