Authorities Search for Man in Malibu Waters

A 66-year-old man who may have called the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station on Thursday to say he had chest pains and was off the Malibu coast is missing. There is a joint effort to find the man, whose name was not released, by the U.S. Coast Guard and the Los Angeles County fire and sheriff's departments.

Authorities began the search after the sheriff's station received the call at approximately 3 p.m., Lt. Robert Wiard wrote in an email to Malibu Patch. Thirty minutes later, an overturned kayak and a life vest were found two miles off the shore.

It was soon determined that the man had rented a kayak from a local shop, and had not returned it, Wiard wrote. The man's vehicle was found in a local parking lot. It was also determined the phone call to the sheriff's station was made from the man's phone.

"Deputies checked several possible home and work addresses in an attempt to locate the missing person and/or gather information to assist in their search," Wiard wrote. "Area hospitals were also checked. All efforts met with negative results."