A man’s body was recovered on Sunday afternoon in the Elk River, about 24 hours after he jumped into the water from a boat and never returned to the surface.
Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) tell us the call came in Saturday, June 21, for a 36-year-old man who jumped in near Turkey Point in Cecil County. He failed to resurface, and responding police officers couldn’t find him during surface searches.
The North East and Charlestown fire companies, Perry Point, and the Susquehanna Hose Company all responded to help search, along with the NRP and New Castle County, Delaware, dive teams, and Maryland State Police aviation. The search lasted until dark on Saturday night, then resumed Sunday morning.
On Sunday around 12:45 p.m., NRP Underwater Operations Team divers found and recovered the man’s body. It was within the search area where he was last seen jumping from the boat…