--- description: David Henneberry, the owner of the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found, testified before the court on Tuesday title: Boat Owner Recalls Finding Boston Bombing Suspect in Backyard image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8244f0af76a9c9b5/69878408e53aba3d2b4d81dc/ap958859099944-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Boat Owner Recalls Finding Boston Bombing Suspect in Backyard by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2015 7:59 PM CUT  In this courtroom sketch, the boat in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured is depicted on a trailer for observation during Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial on March 16, 2015, in Boston. In this courtroom sketch, the boat in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured is depicted on a trailer for observation during Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial on March 16, 2015, in Boston.Jane Flavell Collins—AP by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 17, 2015 7:59 PM CUT One of the first things David Henneberry did after authorities lifted a lockdown during the April 19, 2013, search for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was to go check on his boat. What he found there brought the dragnet to a bloody, frantic end. Earlier that day, Tsarnaev had sped away from a pre-dawn shootout with police that left his older brother, Tamerlan, dead. That showdown, four days after twin blasts had rocked the marathon’s finish line, happened less than a mile from Henneberry’s home in Watertown, Massachusetts. Police in SWAT gear had swarmed into the small suburb, searching houses and… [Read the rest of the story from our partners at NBC News](http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/boston-bombing-trial/boat-owner-recalls-finding-boston-bombing-suspect-backyard-n324991?cid=par-time-article%5F20141002 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3748156/boston-bombing-boat-owner/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3748156/boston-bombing-boat-owner/"},"headline":"Boat Owner Recalls Finding Boston Bombing Suspect in Backyard","datePublished":"2015-03-17T19:59:01.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:13:52.173Z","description":"David Henneberry, the owner of the boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found, testified in court on Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/3748156/boston-bombing-boat-owner/","keywords":["Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8244f0af76a9c9b5/69878408e53aba3d2b4d81dc/ap958859099944-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8244f0af76a9c9b5/69878408e53aba3d2b4d81dc/ap958859099944-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"In this courtroom sketch, the boat in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured is depicted on a trailer for observation during Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial on March 16, 2015, in Boston.","caption":"In this courtroom sketch, the boat in which Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured is depicted on a trailer for observation during Tsarnaev's federal death penalty trial on March 16, 2015, in Boston.","creditText":"Jane Flavell Collins—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3748156/boston-bombing-boat-owner/","name":"Boat Owner Recalls Finding Boston Bombing Suspect in Backyard"}}]}] ```