Missing West Haven Teacher Found Dead On Long Island

WEST HAVEN, CT — The body of a West Haven man who went missing nearly two months ago was found on Long Island Sound, according to multiple reports.

FOX 61 reports Gil Cunha was found dead by the Suffolk County New York Police Department and West Haven police are working with authorities to determine the cause of death.

Cunha went missing in the early morning hours of his 50th birthday and the search for him recently drew national attention. He was last seen by a family member May 7 in the area of Overlook Avenue in West Haven, according to a Silver Alert issued by police. There were also several billboards and hundreds of "missing person" posters along the shoreline in an effort to help find him.

A family member told Dateline NBC that Cunha’s father saw him watching television between the hours of 12 a.m. and 2 a.m. Cunha was gone by the morning. Family members said it was unlike him to take off without contacting his family, and they are also concerned because he had been experiencing symptoms of the coronavirus and had self-quarantined for three weeks prior to his disappearance, according to Dateline.

Cunha, who had been living in Europe for the last decade, moved back into his parents’ house in West Haven in November when he began working as a teacher for the West Haven Public School system, according to Dateline.