Jason Douglas Brant, a 54-year-old visitor from Colorado, has been named as the man who was found deceased in East End on Tuesday, after having been reported missing while snorkelling the previous day.
Brant’s body was recovered on the shore, off Queen’s Highway, shortly before 8am Tuesday morning.
He was reported missing on Monday after going snorkelling off the Wyndham Reef Resort in East End.
A search for the man had been launched on Monday afternoon, after police received the missing person around 4pm.
Cayman Islands Coast Guard vessels and the RCIPS helicopter were deployed to conduct searches of the water nearby, while police officers and members of the public searched on land and along the shoreline.
Police said visiting members of the UK’s Royal National Lifeboat Institution, who are in Cayman to take part in maritime search and rescue training with the Cayman Islands Coast Guard, also assisted with the searches at sea and the overall coordination of search efforts.
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Very sad. Condolences to his family and friends.