Crews Continue Search for Fairfield's Max Maisel in Upstate New York

Update, March 1

The Democrat and Chronicle newspaper reports that there was no search for missing Fairfield native Max Maisel on Sunday in the area of the Charlotte pier where he was last seen. Police did not say when the search at Charlotte will resume, according to the D & C. Read more here.

Original story

The search for missing Fairfield native Max Maisel continued Thursday in upstate New York and the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper reports that police and a scuba squad were seen searching the area at the Charlotte pier at Lake Ontario where his car was found on Monday.

Maisel, 21, was last seen Sunday night after leaving the Perkins Green apartment complex at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. He is a third-year professional photographic illustration student at RIT.

Maisel is the son of ESPN senior writer Ivan Maisel and Meg Murray.

Murray told a Democrat and Chronicle reporter on Thursday that “We’re praying very, very hard. This is the worst thing. We miss him and we can’t wait to see him.”

The Rochester Police Department is working on piecing together clues, according to the family, and Ivan Maisel told the Democrat and Chronicle that a passerby saw Max on the Charlotte pier around 8 p.m. on Sunday, when it was windy and snowy, but added that he was dressed for the weather.

Anyone with any information on Max Maisel’s whereabouts is asked to contact Rochester Police Department Investigator Kevin Wehbring at 585-428-6293.

Read the full story at the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle here.