Uncle and nephew went on a fishing trip – days later their empty boat was found

Brandon Billmaier (left) and Randal Spivey (right) vanished on a fishing trip (Picture: Lee County Sheriff’s Office)

The search for two lawyers who vanished while on a fishing trip has been abandoned after days of no signs of life.

Uncle and nephew Randal Spivey and Brandon Billmaier had left for a fishing trip off the coast of Florida on Friday, but failed to come back around 7.30pm that evening.

A panicked search began, with the US Coast Guard finding their boat floating 70 miles off the coast with the engine still on...