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MickyEyez · 09-01-2007, 10:00 AM

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Search halted for Nelson's dad
The Magic point guard's father was last seen walking across a dock on Thursday.

The Associated Press
September 1, 2007

CHESTER, Pa. - The disappearance of Orlando Magic guard Jameer Nelson's father has mystified his co-workers at a Delaware River tugboat company, where he was last seen walking across a dock Thursday.

Divers, the U.S. Coast Guard and searchers with dogs continued on Friday looking for Floyd "Pete" Nelson in and around the fast-moving river before the search was suspended around 4 p.m.

The 57-year-old had been working Thursday in a dry dock area and was last seen walking toward a tug used as a break room, according to Harry Hays, the owner of Hays Tug & Launch Service.

Nelson's girlfriend and two sons have been on the scene, Hays said. Jameer Nelson arrived Friday in a black SUV and was seen speaking with officials involved in the search.

Floyd Nelson was last seen at about 11 a.m. Thursday. His lunch and car keys were found in the tug's kitchen area, and his car was nearby, Chester Police Chief John Finnegan said. Searchers were examining a three-foot gap between the tug and the dock.

"If he was in that location and something happened to him medically, he might have fallen over," Finnegan said. "I can't think of anything else."

Nelson, a Vietnam War veteran, wrote a book about his son's basketball career in 2004 entitled Jameer.

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Really unfortunate and my prayers go out to Jameer and his family.

9diamonds · 09-01-2007, 01:23 PM

best of luck to Jameer and his family

**X-Factor** · 09-01-2007, 05:59 PM

Good luck and prayers, Nelson family.

deanwoof · 09-01-2007, 08:04 PM

not good news

http://realgm.com/src_wiretap_archiv...elsons_father/

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Police: Body Found Likely To Be That Of Jameer Nelson's Father
September 1, 2007 - 6:25 pm
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Authorities pulled a body from the Delaware River on Saturday and there is a "strong likelihood" it is the missing father of Magic star Jameer Nelson, police said.

Floyd "Pete" Nelson, 57, an employee at a tugboat company, was last seen Thursday working in a dry dock area in the Philadelphia suburb of Chester, Pa. Divers and trained dogs searched the river all day Friday but the search was suspended around 4 p.m.

Police in Delaware said a boater called 911 on Saturday after spotting the body of a black male floating in the river near Fox Point Park in Wilmington. The body was recovered around 2 p.m.

There was a "strong likelihood" that the body was Floyd Nelson's but police were unable to confirm it, said Delaware State Police spokesman Sgt. Joshua A. Bushweller. [READ]

**X-Factor** · 09-01-2007, 08:15 PM

Uh-oh.

9diamonds · 09-02-2007, 08:19 AM

I hope that it isnt his father ,but there is a strong likelihood

deanwoof · 09-05-2007, 12:33 AM

RIP

now hopefully jameer will use this as MORE motivation.. and not go off the cliff.

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