January 26, 2016
From IslandFreePress.org
Friends of missing Hatteras Island waterman Rich Baran were searching for the 47-year-old Frisco man who disappeared while on a duck hunting trip by himself Saturday afternoon in the Hatteras Inlet area.
“It’s funny, but I keep thinking I’ll see him waving from a duck blind or running along the shoreside,” said Whitaker.
Friends found Baran’s boat with his hunting gear still in it not far from his blind, which was near the old Dredge Island.
The Coast Guard officially suspended its search on Sunday afternoon.