Suspending an active search for a missing child is an exceptionally difficult decision and is only made after the most exhaustive efforts have occurred,”

The search for Hunter Slezak, 7, has been suspended after the bodies of his father and a family friend were recovered in Alabama the U.S. Coast Guard stated in a release

The Coast Guard recovered the bodies of two boaters off the Alabama coast but suspended the search for a missing 7-year-old boy after combing the area over the weekend

Hunter Slezak, 7, was a passenger on the Marty Ann when the boat was met with disaster in the Gulf of Mexico off Alabama, the USCG said. USCG photo The search for a 7-year-old boater who vanished under mysterious circumstances off Alabama has been suspended by the U.

U.S. Coast Guard Mobile Sector suspends Search for 7-year-old boy in Dauphin Island boating accident