{"id":307456,"date":"2026-06-14T23:39:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:39:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307456\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T23:39:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T23:39:09","slug":"family-seeks-answers-after-missing-loved-one-was-found-dead-in-brickell-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307456\/","title":{"rendered":"Family seeks answers after missing loved one was found dead in Brickell &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; The search for a missing man in Brickell came to a tragic end.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Police said 23-year-old Akin Liverpool was last seen in Miami\u2019s Brickell area on Friday, after he went out on a charter boat and never came back.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s family spent the weekend hoping their loved one would be found alive, but on Sunday, the family told 7News they got a call from police that no one wants to get.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m filled with emotions. This is really hard. This is about one of the hardest things I\u2019ve ever had to do,\u201d said Crystal King, Liverpool\u2019s aunt. <\/p>\n<p>Miami police officers were dispatched to 1541 Brickell Avenue on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust made contact with the jetski, they said about, I can see something floating in the water, sending back towards that way, and they said it looked like a body,\u201d said police dispatch. <\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s family told 7News his body was found near Brickell Bay Drive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were actually hoping that they would find him alive. But unfortunately, that\u2019s not the case,\u201d said King. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wsvn.com\/news\/local\/miami-dade\/search-underway-for-23-year-old-man-missing-from-miami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool was reported missing<\/a> by Miami Police on Saturday from Miami\u2019s Brickell neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p>According to the US Coast Guard, Liverpool was last seen on a charter boat in Biscayne Bay, going from Hobie Beach towards the Miami River.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s aunt said he was on the boat with some friends, but what led up to his disappearance is a question the family wants answered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know anything. We just know that he did not return back with the rest of the party, he was supposed to be all returning back together,\u201d said King. <\/p>\n<p>King said her nephew, Liverpool, just graduated with his master\u2019s from Barry University, and was on track for his doctorate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe family is just really sad. We\u2019re down. This is someone who was a bright kid,\u201d said King. <\/p>\n<p>The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has taken over this investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MIAMI (WSVN) &#8211; The search for a missing man in Brickell came to a tragic end. Miami Police&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307457,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-307456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307456\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}