KWTX, WACO, Texas A Troy family tragically vanished about five months ago on August 3rd when their boat capsized off the coast of Homer, Alaska.
The U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska DPS searched for David, Mary, Colton, and Brantley Maynard, but they were never located.
The hunt for the Maynards will now be carried out by Team Texas K9s, a local charity organization that travels around the nation to assist in the search for persons who are missing, lost, or injured.
Running Team Texas K9s with his wife, Allen Fields says they have assisted and looked for a lot of individuals over the years, but it was very personal for them to learn about the Maynard family’s fate.
“Our grandson went to school with Colton because we live in Troy,” Fields said.
The U.S. Coast Guard started looking for the family and the boat as soon as their boat capsized, but after almost twenty-four hours, they had to make the painful choice to halt the search.
Soon after, Alaska DPS assumed over and subsequently halted their search as well. Fields said his team decided to travel there themselves after learning about this.
He said, “We just decided that we’re going to go up and use our skills to see if we can’t at least locate them and bring them home for the family.”
According to Fields, the weather should be ideal for an underwater search in July, so that’s when they plan to visit Homer, Alaska.
There are still issues with the weather and the choppy waters, so we’ll just have to sort of deal with it when we get there, he said, adding that there are a lot of logistics that need to be done and getting with resources up there.
They will be using a variety of materials in their hunt, Fields indicated when asked how they intend to locate them.
Naturally, we have cadaver dogs that can detect the presence of cadavers at any depth; as long as they touch the surface, they will tell us where they are, he stated.
He added that they also have a unique sonar tool called the AquaEye, which employs algorithms to find human remains beneath the surface.
Not to mention their underwater drone, which has a 4K camera, lights, and an arm and can descend more than 300 feet.
Fields stated, “Once we sort of pinpoint it down, we can do down and kind of see what we can see.”
According to Fields, they simply hope they can locate the Maynards at last, but their plan is to stay as long as possible based on the weather and their financial situation.
“It’s just to bring closure for the family,” he said. “I mean, it’s not fun to not know when someone is missing.”
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