LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) -- California U.S. Reps. Loretta and Linda Sanchez say their brother Henry and his girlfriend are missing after an apparent boating accident off Southern California.

The sisters say in a statement issued Friday that a debris field found off the coast contained fragments from the boat their brother was aboard with his girlfriend, Penny Avila.

The Coast Guard says Henry Sanchez and his girlfriend left Alamitos Bay near Long Beach late Wednesday or early Thursday en route to Santa Catalina Island and never arrived.

Ensign Stephanie Young says the debris was found about five miles south of the Los Angeles harbor entrance at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.

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