Authorities in northern California are searching for two teenage brothers who went missing after a ducking-hunting trip more than a week ago.
Andruw Cornett, 19, and his younger brother Wesley Cornett, 17, were looking for ducks on Dec. 14 in Thermalito Afterbay, a reservoir of Lake Oroville, about 70 miles north of Sacramento, according to the Butte County Sheriff’s Office.
Dispatch received a call from Andruw Cornett, who reported that his younger brother’s kayak had flipped over, around 8:30 that morning. Andruw saw Wesley swimming north of the kayak.
He decided to go in after his little brother, telling authorities no one was wearing life jackets. That was the last time anyone heard from the brothers.
Multiple agencies have been looking for the brothers on land and in the water since then. The boys’ clothing and other personal items were recovered by authorities amid the days-long search.
In a Facebook post on Monday, Butte County Sheriff’s Office announced that they “have exhausted efforts with divers and sonar technology and will shift the focus to a continuous limited search” as search and recovery efforts entered its 10th day.