The search for abducted American YouTuber Elliot Eastman turns into a recovery effort as investigators say it is increasingly unlikely he’s still alive.
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00:00The search for abducted American YouTuber Elliot Eastman turns into a recovery effort
00:05as investigators say it is increasingly unlikely he's still alive.
00:10Eastman was abducted by armed men on October 17 in Barangay Poblacion, Cebuco, Zamboanga
00:15del Norte.
00:16At the time, police said Eastman was shot in the leg when he resisted, but police now
00:20say Eastman was shot multiple times, citing suspect and witness accounts.
00:25In November, an arrested suspect admitted to the police that Eastman was dead, claiming
00:29his body was abandoned in waters off Zamboanga shortly after the abduction.
00:34His body has not been recovered.
00:36Eastman's American family has been notified through the U.S. Embassy in Manila.
00:40He had been living in Mindanao for five months with his Cebuco native wife and was struggling
00:45financially.