Body of Missing Bay Boater Found

The body of a Silver Spring man missing since Sunday after his boat capsized near Kent Island north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge has been found, authorities said Wednesday afternoon.

Authorities have not yet confirmed the man’s identity, but the Capital-Gazette reported the victim is Javier Alejandro Sotelo, 32, of Silver Spring. Maryland Natural Resources Police officers recovered his body near Rock Hall.

Sotelo wasn’t wearing a life jacket and could not swim, Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson said.

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Four family members were rescued Sunday night when the boat capsized off Terrapin Beach Park. None of the passengers were wearing life vests; two of them were holding onto a cooler, Thomson said.

In another weekend water accident, a race boat competing in Thunder on the Narrows went off the the course and struck a crowd of spectators, killing a 7-year-old girl, 7. Several people were injured, and three were flown to Shock Trauma, according to the NRP on Twitter.

The Coast Guard, along crews from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, MNRP, Maryland State Police and the Anne Arundel County Fire Department, searched for Sotelo from roughly 5 p.m. Sunday until 9:30 a.m. Monday. The search encompassed an area of about 90 square miles.