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The RCMP confirmed that the body of a missing man had been found near Witless Bay

A helicopter is shown searching the ocean off Portugal’s Gulf of South during a search for a man who was reported missing last week.

Police confirmed that the body found in the ocean near Whittles Bay on Tuesday was that of a missing man in the Portuguese Gulf of South.

Sixty-eight-year-old Loyola Hartery was last seen leaving her home on an ATV shortly before 6 a.m. last Friday.

A thorough search of the land and the surrounding coast failed to find any trace of the man.

That was until Tuesday, when the body was spotted by the crew of a merchant ship off nearby Witless Bay.

The RCMP extends its condolences to Hartery’s family and friends.