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On a summer day in August 2017, 47-year-old Steve Howard Chaney and his friend, Richard David Hambrick, embarked on a fishing trip off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina. The two men, both from Gaston County, set out from the South Harbor Boat Ramp around 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, August 27th, in a 22-foot center console Trophy boat. They were expected to return by nightfall, but as the hours passed with no sign of them, concern began to grow. When they failed to come back as planned, the wife ...Read More
Last Seen: Aug 27, 2017

Victim Details

Sep 27, 2022

Jun 23, 2023

Steve

Chaney

54

47

66 inches

200 lbs

White / Caucasian

Male

Aug 27, 2017

Oak Island

North Carolina

Brunswick County

28465

No

119524

Oak Island Police Department

Oak Island

North Carolina

Brunswick County

28465

4621 East Oak Island Drive, North Carolina

9102785595

Local

Law Enforcement

170832

2017-08-28

Oak Island Police Department

Blond/Strawberry

Blue

Blue

No

06/21/2026


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