Maui fire rescue personnel recovered the body of a 70-year-old Lahaina woman from waters off Baby Beach hours after her two young grandchildren who accompanied her to the beach returned to her nearby home without her.

According to fire officials, the woman was last seen at the beach at around 5 p.m. Friday with her 9-year-old grandson and 3-year-old granddaughter. The woman’s family called 911 when the children later returned home alone.

Firefighters met with the family at the public beach access on Kai Pali Place, found the woman’s personal items on the beach, and initiated land and ocean searches of the surrounding area.

At 9:21 p.m., firefighters located the woman’s body about 150 yards offshore, several hundred yards south of Baby Beach, and returned it to shore. Paramedics pronounced the woman dead at the scene.