Search On For Kayakers Missing In Hampton Bays: Police

HAMPTON BAYS, NY — Police are searching for two missing kayakers in Hampton Bays.

According to Southampton Town police, on November 1 at 8:44 p.m., Shane Garcia, 25, was reported missing by his girlfriend, who said he had gone kayaking earlier in the day and had not returned.

He was out on a lime green, two-person kayak, police said.

Officers found Garcia’s work van parked at the end of Shinnecock Avenue in Hampton Bays, police said.

Garcia sent a picture to his girlfriend of himself and his friend Aaron Montemarano, 25, who is shown in the photo wearing a hat, while kayaking in Shinnecock Bay near the Ponquogue Bridge, police said.

Despite a search of Shinnecock Bay and the surrounding area, Garcia has not been found.

Garcia is described as 6-feet, 2-inches tall and 185 lbs., and was last seen wearing a gray jacket and shirt, black pants and tan Nike sneakers, police said.

Montemarano is believed to have been in the company of Garcia at the time he went missing, police said.