A search for a missing man in Sandy Bay has ended in tragedy.

RCMP have confirmed today that the body of 38-year-old Darcy Merasty was found on Friday afternoon.

An exhaustive door-to-door search was made last week for Merasty after he disappeared Tuesday night.

He was last seen leaving a residence in Sandy Bay at about midnight that evening. 

So far, RCMP are not saying how the man died — only that an autopsy is scheduled and an investigation is underway.