Search Called Off For Person Reported Missing From Palm Beach State Park

SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, CA -- U.S. Coast Guard officials said they called off a search Sunday night
for a person who appeared to have gone missing Sunday afternoon from the water off Palm Beach State Park in Watsonville.

The Coast Guard was first notified of the missing person at 4:28 p.m. at Palm Beach State Park at 2660 Beach Road, Lt. j.g. Steven Dross said.

Two people told a lifeguard that they saw a person disappear in the water, prompting the search, Palm Beach State Park Lifeguard Supervisor Eddie Rhee-Pizano said.

The two people had no relationship with the person who appeared to have drowned and no one reported to emergency officials that a family member was missing.

The search was called off as of about 9:10 p.m., Dross said.

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