FORT BRAGG – On November 10, 2023, California State Parks Rangers, Mendocino Sheriff’s deputies and rescue volunteers began their search for a missing person near McKerricher State Park near Fort Bragg.  The search for the missing person began after a man’s body was found washed ashore near the Ten Mile Dunes.

The deceased man was identified as Charles Case.  Deputies determined that Case had been aboard a small pleasure craft that had capsized and also washed ashore, approximately one-half mile north of where Case was located.

Deputies developed information that a second person, identified as Kenneth Silva, was also aboard the vessel when it was launched from Noyo Harbor less than two hours prior.

Over the next 24 hours, the ocean area was searched by the US Coast Guard and the shoreline was checked by California State Park Rangers and Mendocino Sheriff’s Search and Rescue volunteers.  Silva was not located.

“We thank the law enforcement officers and rescue volunteers for their search for this missing person.  This part of their jobs can help family members of the missing man cope with the unknown,” said California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) President Alan Barcelona.