GALVESTON — A 77-year-old Houston man who failed to check in with his family after fishing overnight was found dead near Galveston’s South Jetty on Monday, according to the Galveston Island Beach Patrol.
U.S. Coast Guard Sector Galveston contacted Beach Patrol at approximately 2:16 p.m. requesting assistance in the search for the missing fisherman.
Beach Patrol units searched the man’s last known location and found him deceased in shallow water on the ship channel side of the South Jetty…