Man, 19, found dead in lagoon

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

Lawrence Palafox points to the area where he became separated from Dayne Daclison. With Palafox are Howard Howell, center, and brother Chris Palafox. All three are from Waipahu.

Coast Guard and HFD crews conducted underwater and surface searches for Daclison yesterday. Photos by Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser

The body of Dayne Daclison, 19, was found near the boat harbor. Family members on the scene told KHNL-TV that the body was Daclison.

HFD and Coast Guard crews conducted underwater and surface searches from shortly before midnight until 3 a.m. yesterday for Daclison. The Fire Department resumed the search at daybreak.

Petty Officer Brooksann Anderson said the Coast Guard responded to reports of two flares sighted at 11:50 p.m. Sunday in Ke'ehi Lagoon and learned that two men had paddled out in a dinghy and run into trouble.

The Coast Guard said Lawrence Palafox, 21, and Daclison were thrown into the water. Palafox swam to a moored sailing boat and set off the flares, officials said.

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