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      Coast Guard, family suspend search for missing boaters off Southwest Florida coast
      • Naples
        Coast Guard suspends search for missing boaters off Southwest Florida coast
        Mahmoud Bennett
        Weather
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        Andrew Shipley
        Bonita Springs
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        Victoria Quevedo
        Sarasota County
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        WFTX Digital Team
        DeSoto County
        DeSoto County deputies is at the scene of a death investigation
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        Sanibel
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        Austin Schargorodski
        Lee County
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        Fort Myers Beach
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