Body Of Missing Kayaker From Annapolis Found In Severn River

ARNOLD, MD — The body of an Annapolis man missing since April 4 was found Tuesday near the Severn River bridge, according to Maryland Natural Resources Police. Jose Loza Ramirez, 21, was not wearing a life jacket when he fell into the water from a kayak, according to authorities.

Ramirez's body was recovered at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday from the Severn River, just upstream from the Severn River Bridge. It was taken to the medical examiner's office in Baltimore for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.

Ramirez and another unidentified man, a fellow construction worker, went out on the water near Chase Creek to secure a company dinghy that had broken loose in heavy winds, the Capital Gazette reported.

They both fell out of the kayak, and the unidentified worker made it to shore on Chase Creek. He was treated at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis.

The police halted the search for Ramirez after two days, when help from a search crew from the U.S. Coast Guard failed to locate him, the Capital Gazette reported.

Image: Maryland Natural Resources Police officers on May 2 recover the body of an Annapolis man from the Severn River (MNRP).