Updated at 7:49 p.m., Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Three-day search for Big Island diver to end at sunset
Advertiser Staff
A Big Island man who went missing Sunday while diving with three companions lives in Kea'au with his wife and is a new father, his relatives on the Mainland said.They identified the missing diver as Mitchell Hodgson, 25.
Hodgson was reported missing about 6:40 p.m. Sunday by his diving partner after he failed to return to Kahena Beach.
Big Island firefighters have searched for Hodgson for three days and were preparing to end the search at sunset tonight.
Relatives said a son was born to Hodgson and his wife, Heather, Jan. 4.
