Authorities are searching for Hunter Slezak, 7, after his father and family friend were found dead in the Alabama Bay during a boat trip

Authorities are desperately searching for a 7-year-old boy after his father and a family friend were found dead in a bay where the trio were boating near Dauphin Island in Alabama on Friday.

Little hunter Slezak still hasn’t recovered three days after his first shrimping trip in Pelican Bay with his father and a friend on a 22-foot boat, authorities and family said.

Coast Guard rescue crews found the bodies of Michael Slezak, 40, and Sam Wooley, 69, in a debris field about nine miles south of the island on Saturday before calling off their search on Sunday.

Now the search for Hunter continues solely by local authorities, the grieving family and volunteers.

“I just need the closure to be able to bury his body. I didn’t think my heart could break any more, but at least the discovery of my son’s body is so incredibly painful,” Megan Slezak, the boy’s grieving mother and Michael’s widow, said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

It’s unclear what happened to the boat, but the family said the three were involved in a boating accident.

As the sheriff’s office combed the water, family and volunteers walked along the shore in hopes of finding the teen, WKRG reported Monday.

“Hunter was such a sweet boy,” the boy’s aunt, Adrienne Migill, told the station. “He just always had a smile on his face.”

Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said Monday that the federal agency decided to end the search after the Coast Guard determined it was no longer a rescue mission. But the top cop vowed to continue using local resources to find the little boy.

The shrimp boat also has not yet been recovered, he said.

Burch said he spoke with a local shrimper who knew the other victim, Wooley, and believes the boat may have capsized.

“And that Hunter could be in the locker room,” he said during a press conference.

“We understand that the mother wants her son to get well so she can say a proper goodbye,” Burch continued. “We will use every resource at our disposal to help make this happen.”

Before calling off its search, the Coast Guard searched 2,042 square miles for 65 hours, the military department said.

“We are deeply saddened and extend our sincerest condolences to the families, friends and communities affected by this heartbreaking and tragic incident,” Capt. Robert Tucker of the Coast Guard Mobile Sector said in a statement.

“Ceasing an active search for a missing child is an extraordinarily difficult decision and is made only after the fullest efforts have been made.”

Michael Slezak, who leaves behind four other children and worked as a teacher and coach at a local middle school, called his wife around 3:30 p.m. Friday to tell her that the trio needed another one because of all the shrimp there was A family member wrote on a fundraising page that people staying outside for an hour were contagious.

“The Slezak family mourns the loss of their husband and father, as well as their precious only son and brother,” the GoFundMe post reads. “Michael and his wife Megan planned to live a long and fulfilling life on their farm.

“Now those plans have fallen through, and Megan is trying to pick up the pieces and ensure her daughters’ needs are met now and in the future, all while grieving.”