SALISBURY — Shock and disbelief were all Sarah Fleming said she could feel Thursday morning when Massachusetts State Police told her they hadn’t found the body of her brother who was trapped in the hull of a boat that capsized at the mouth of the Merrimack River on Aug. 23.

As the dive team unloaded their oxygen tanks and wiggled out of their wetsuits, Fleming held a hand to her mouth and brushed tears from her cheeks while police broke the news: The search for Joakim “Joe” Courteau is no longer active.

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