The Maynard family went missing on Aug. 3, 2024 off the coast of Alaska. Dive teams and Alaska DPS now believe they have been recovered.
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Four sets of remains believed to be the Maynard family of Troy have been found and recovered from a sunken boat in Alaska, the Alaska Department of Public Safety has announced.
According to Alaska DPS, the Alaska Dive Search, Rescue, and Recovery Team, with the assistance of the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, conducted additional dives at a boat confirmed to be the one the Maynards were using when they went missing in August 2024.
DPS stated the divers recovered “additional human remains”, which were sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office for autopsy and identification. Three sets of remains were previously recovered in late May after the family’s boat was located.
David Maynard, 42, his wife Mary, 37, and their two sons, Colton, 11, and Brantley, 7, were aboard a 28-foot aluminum boat with four others when it capsized 16 miles west of Homer Spit, Alaska around 7 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2024. The four others on the boat survived and were rescued, but the Maynard family was reported missing after numerous search attempts failed to locate them.
The Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team said the boat was found in 180 feet of water in early May. Using a remotely operated vehicle, the team was reportedly able to positively identify the boat as the one that had gone missing.
On May 27 and 28, 2025, volunteers from the team conducted dives to the boat with the help of Alaska Wildlife Troopers, recovering three sets of remains. All four sets of remains have now been recovered and are awaiting identification, according to DPS.
Alaska DPS said at this time, it believed that the four remains of the missing family have been recovered.