(Vevay, Ind.) – The search and recovery mission for a missing Kentucky man is being called off.

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For the third straight day, crews from more than a dozen agencies scanned the Ohio River east of Vevay in an effort to find Justin Hearn.

Hearn, 20, was duck hunting from a boat with two friends when the boat took on water and sank. The other two managed to grab lifejackets and swim to shore, but Hearn could only hold on to a bag of floating decoy ducks.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officer Gary Catron said Wednesday evening at 6:30 the recovery operation has been terminated.

“Justin Hearn is to be listed in the National Crime Information Center as a missing person.  The family has been notified and is in support of this decision,” Catron said.

Human scent-sniffing K9s were brought to the search area Wednesday without success.

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River Search Continues For Missing Hunter

Ky. Man Still Missing In River