Body washes ashore from Manasquan Inlet amid search for missing boater

POINT PLEASANT BEACH - A body washed ashore here from the Manasquan Inlet Saturday afternoon, amid a search for a boater missing for more than a week, authorities said.

It could not be confirmed Saturday night if the body was that of Derek Narby, the 21-year-old Brick man who has been missing since the boat he was riding in capsized in the Manasquan Inlet on Sept. 14.

The body was recovered around 2:45 p.m. in Point Pleasant Beach from the Manasquan Inlet, authorities said. A State Police spokesman said troopers were dispatched to Channel Drive, near where the body was found.

Narby has been the subject of marine searches since the 31-foot boat, called the Kaboom, capsized when it was struck by a wave during rough seas from Hurricane Lee. The vessel broke apart, with parts of the boat washing ashore as far south as Seaside Heights.

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Narby's father and brother were on the boat and were rescued from the inlet while clinging to a cooler.

A makeshift memorial to Narby, with messages, candles and flowers, has been erected on on the Point Pleasant Beach side of the Manasquan Inlet since his disappearance. A GofundMe page also has been set up to raise money for the missing man's family.

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Kathleen Hopkins, a reporter in New Jersey since 1985, covers crime, court cases, legal issues and just about every major murder trial to hit Monmouth and Ocean counties. Contact her at khopkins@app.com.

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