Body Found Saturday Identified as Missing Triathlete

The state Medical Examiner’s Office positively identified the body found Saturday by Rumstick Point in Barrington Saturday as Stas Antons, a Barrington man and accomplished athlete who vanished July 2.

Barrington police said that the medical examiner used dental records to identify Antons.

Antons’ famiy has been searching nearby waters since his disappearance on July 2.

There was a full-scale search effort immediately following the report of Antons’ disappearance, but local police and fire departments and the U.S. Coast Guard called off the search after a few days.

Volunteers from New England Search and Rescue continued where the official authorities left off. They, along with family members and other volunteers, gathered under a blue tent at Barrington Town Beach each day as people continued to walk the coast and look for the missing husband and father.

Though the search effort, the family remained hopeful that he would be found safe, but there was no indication that he wanted to walk away from his life.

“All of his personal affairs are intact,” his aunt, Joan Wallack said. “This is a man who bought a new shed for his house the day before and had it installed. This is not someone who walked away from his life.”

Antons was a director at TIAA-CREF in the greater Boston area, according to his LinkedIn profile.

Antons has competed at the Ironman distance and moved to Barrington recently. He is a member of the FuelBelt Race team, which has about 150 members who participate in a variety of races and events.