Body of 14-year-old boy swept away near North Topsail Beach washes ashore on Camp Lejeune base
Family says the body of 14-year-old Mainor Perez was found on Sunday after days of searching.
Perez’s body washed ashore on base at Camp Lejeune days after being swept away near North Topsail Beach.
Search crews had continued search and recovery efforts ever since Perez went missing near North Topsail Beach Thursday.
Camp Lejeune contacted North Topsail Beach authorities Sunday around 9:44 a.m. to notify them that a body had washed ashore. The North Topsail Police Department notified the victim’s family that people at Camp Lejune found the body.
Teenager swept away near Topsail Beach on July 4
Yunior Perez, Mainor’s brother, said the 14-year-old boy waded out into the New River Inlet with another brother when the water swept Mainor away.
Witnesses in the area reported that passengers in a nearby boat helped pull the other brother into the boat. The other brother made it to shore and reported that Mainor had gone under.
Yunior went to lie down in the sand and later heard ‘help help help.’
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