A 45-year-old kayaker who left Long Island's Hempstead Monday night en route to Mamaroneck has been found dead, the Coast Guard said Tuesday.
Laurence Broderick's body was initially recovered by a Coast Guard unit hours after he disappeared, and was later transferred to New Rochelle's police marine unit. He was confirmed dead at a hospital a short time later.
Coast Guard officials had found his kayak, with his cellphone, at New Rochelle's Glen Island Beach around 2 p.m. Tuesday but he wasn't with his belongings. His body was found in the water near Orchard Beach in the Bronx.
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WATCH HEREThe circumstances under which he died weren't immediately clear.
Crews started searching for Broderick before dawn Tuesday after getting a report that Broderick had never made it to Mamaroneck, where he lived and was due the night before. He had left Hempstead on a kayaking trip around 9 p.m., but Broderick's mother called police after he didn't return.
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The investigation is ongoing.
