Hull Police Department
1 School Street, Hull,MA 02045

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

Release Date: 4/18/2006

Contact: Captain Robert C. Sawtelle

Telephone: (781) 925-1212

Email: rsawtelle@hullpolice.org

 

BODY RECOVERED ON CRESCENT BEACH IDENTIFIED AS MISSING HULL MAN

THE OFFICE OF THE MEDICAL EXAMINER HAS POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED THE BODY RECOVERED ON APRIL 18, 2006 ON CRESCENT BEACH AS THAT OF STEVEN COBLE, 26, OF HULL WHO HAD BEEN REPORTED MISSING ON FEBRUARY 17, 2006 WHILE OUT FISHING IN A CANOE WITH ANOTHER MALE. THAT MALE, BRAD TURNER, 19, FROM ROCKLAND, MASS. WAS RESCUED BY THE COAST GUARD ON THE JETTY OFF OF CRESCENT BEACH. SINCE THAT DATE THE POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS UTILIZED THE U.S. COAST GUARD, HULL HARBOR PATROL, HULL FIRE DEPARTMENT, MASSACHUSETTS STATE POLICE DIVE TEAM, MASSACHUSETTS ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE, COAST GUARD HELICOPTER AND HULL POLICE OFFICERS TO SEARCH FOR THE MISSING MAN. ON APRIL 18, 2006 A PERSON WALKING THEIR DOG ALONG CRESCENT BEACH CAME UPON A BODY ON THE SHORELINE. THE BODY WAS RECOVERED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE MEDICAL EXAMINER’S OFFICE FOR AUTOPSY, POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION AND NOTIFICATION OF NEXT OF KIN.