As a band of volunteers continues its search for the two Tequesta teens who vanished at sea, the Coast Guard acknowledged Monday it didn't return the teens' capsized boat to shore last week.
And now the vessel can't be found.
Coast Guard rescuers first found the boat on July 26, about 67 miles east of the Ponce de Leon Inlet, near New Smyrna Beach, Coast Guard spokesman Anthony Soto said.
The discovery was made two days after best friends Austin Stephanos and Perry Cohen, both 14, were last seen. They left the Jupiter Inlet on a 19-foot Seacraft boat, and haven't been seen since.