WAKE COUNTY (WTVD) -- Multiple crews searched Monday for a possible missing boater on Harris Lake.
The Wake County Sheriff's Office said it received a call just before 2 p.m. Monday afternoon about reports of a possible person overboard near the 4400 block of Bartley Holleman Road.
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The caller said they heard a voice coming from the direction of the boat. However, he went to check and said no one was on the vessel.
Deputies said the boat is registered to 53-year-old Ellis Rodney McCoy, of Fuquay-Varina, but they are not sure if he was the person on the boat.
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However, family members said he was supposed to be out on the water.
Authorities suspended the search Monday night because of darkness, but later resumed searching Tuesday morning.