Second Body Found After Boat Capsizes in Long Island Sound

UPDATE Wednesday 9:30 p.m.: The body of James Bilello was located near the lighthouse at the end of Old Field Road in Old Field at 11:33 a.m. Wednesday.

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PORT JEFFERSON, NY - An 80-year-old man was found dead and a 73-year-old man is missing after an overturned boat was found in the Long Island Sound Tuesday afternoon.

According to Suffolk Police, a boater alerted the U.S. Coast Guard that there was an overturned boat in the Long Island Sound, just west of the Port Jefferson Channel, around 3:35 p.m. Coast Guard officials responded and recovered the body of Charles Petrie, of Holtsville.

Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officers also responded and are assisting the Coast Guard in searching for James Bilello, 73, of Bay Shore, who was believed to be with Petrie.

Marine Bureau officers recovered the boat, a 20-foot Aquasport center console, which was impounded for a safety check.