Wife of NFL Player Lost at Sea Files for Death Certificate
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The overturned boat that was carrying four football players on a fishing trip is seen in the Gulf of Mexico. (FNC)
The wife of NFL player Marquis Cooper is seeking a presumptive death certificate a week after the Coast Guard called off its search for the missing boater and two friends.
Rebekah Cooper filed a petition for the certificate Wednesday in civil court.
The Oakland Raiders linebacker departed from Clearwater Pass in a 21-foot boat with free-agent NFL defensive lineman Corey Smith and two former University of South Florida football players on Feb. 28.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Their boat overturned after encountering rough waters in the Gulf of Mexico.
Nick Schuyler was found clinging to the boat two days later. The other men have not been found.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}With the presumptive death certificate, Cooper's beneficiaries can collect life insurance and other benefits.