The body of a missing swimmer who disappeared after falling off a pontoon boat at Rock Creek in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, has been recovered, officials said Tuesday morning.
The man was identified as David Lawrence Jones, 52, of Silver Spring.
Dive teams from the Maryland Natural Resources police and Anne Arundel County Fire Department recovered his body late Monday afternoon.
Jones went missing Sunday afternoon after he jumped off a pontoon boat to go after a hat that had fallen in the water.
At the time he jumped in, Maryland Natural Resources police told WTOP the man was not wearing a life jacket. There were six other people on the boat with the man at the time of the incident.
Natural Resources Police, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, the Baltimore County Fire Department, the Maryland State Police Trooper 6 helicopter and the Coast Guard responded to the scene Sunday. They searched for the man until nightfall,聽when it was too dark for divers to look in the water, according to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
The search resumed early Monday morning, with officers shifting to a recovery operation, according to police.
Chesapeake Search Dogs were scanning the area where Jones went underwater. The Anne Arundel County Fire Department brought in multiple vessels, divers and unmanned aerial systems teams to help with the search. The area police department used side-scan sonar and aerial drones.
Jones’ body was transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore for an autopsy.
The investigation into the incident remains ongoing.
This is a developing story. Stay with WTOP for the latest.聽
WTOP’s Jos茅 Uma帽a contributed to this report.聽
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