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After searching nearly four days, the family of a Pleasanton native who went missing while flying a plane from Florida to the Bahamas last weekend found his body and said he nearly made it to his destination before his death.
Stacye Love, wife to 59-year-old Christopher Moore, told WLKY — a television station in Louisville, Ky. — that Moore was found dead inside his plane Thursday in Marsh Harbour, Bahamas.
Love told the news outlet that Moore was found 2.5 miles from the airport in Marsh Harbour.
Moore’s cousin, Mark McMillan, also confirmed Moore’s death to the Weekly. “The family’s search party found his plane Thursday morning. When they reached the plane it was clear he was killed on impact,” he said.
The Royal Bahamas Defense Force, which was the lead agency investigating the case, has not responded to requests for comments as of time of publication.
Moore grew up in Pleasanton and graduated from Amador Valley High School before he got involved with Quadrant Solutions Inc., a magnet company that he eventually took over and turned into one of the magnet suppliers for Apple’s iPhone.
Moore had sold the company and was most recently living in Louisville but also had a place in the Bahamas.
He had left from Sebastian Municipal Airport on Sunday (Aug. 4) as was scheduled to arrive at the Bahamas in his single-engine BRM Aero Bristell airplane.
However, he never made it.
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg told the Weekly that the Coast Guard District 7 watchstanders received a report of Moore’s overdue aircraft. He said the Coast Guard “launched aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Miami and Air Station Clearwater which conducted a search of approximately 1,760 square miles with negative results.”
He said that on Sunday evening, the RBDF took over the search and investigation. On Monday (Aug. 5), Strasburg said an Air Station Miami aircrew conducted another first-light search but did not find any sign of Moore or his plane.
After that, Strasburg said the Bahamian defense force did not request further help from the Coast Guard and that at 11 p.m. on Monday, the RBDF “suspended the search pending new information.”
McMillan shared reflections about his cousin with the Weekly. “It is a tragic loss. Chris was a beautiful person. He had an incredible life and he was loved. We will miss him.”
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