Bodies of two children recovered from Lake Michigan after capsized sailboat found

The bodies of two children were found in Lake Michigan on Monday, hours after their family’s capsized sailboat was recovered, officials said.

According to the Door County Sheriff’s Office, the search for her father, the last person to be on board the ship, is still ongoing.

The names of the children are being withheld until they are identified and their families are notified, police said.

The people aboard the boat – Bill Salnik, 32, of Little Suamico, Wisconsin, and his children, ages 3 and 5 – were last heard from around 4 p.m. Saturday as they departed from Green Island in Lake Michigan’s Green Bay. They were supposed to return to a marina near Oconto, Wisconsin, but never arrived. Authorities were notified of their disappearance on Sunday afternoon.

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Salnik’s truck and trailer were found at the boat ramp. His phone immediately went to voicemail.

At 6:22 a.m. Monday, the capsized 18-foot Gulf Coast sailboat was found south of Chambers Island. It was towed to shore. No one was found near the vessel and the search continued.

On Monday afternoon, the bodies of the two children were found three nautical miles from the salvage site of the capsized ship.

The search for Salnik continues from the water and from the air.