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Veteran who vanished while kayaking is found dead, family friend reports

Source: US Coast Guard Southeast

An army veteran and fitness instructor was found dead after vanishing while kayaking in Florida over the holiday weekend.

Eiffel Gilyana was near Florida’s St Augustine Inlet when he disappeared on 23 December, Southeast said in a . Mr Gilyana was last seen by a group of kayakers who when they spotted him without a life jacket on Saturday morning, according to the statement.

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