Body Of Boater Missing Since Friday Found

NANTICOKE, Md. (AP) -- Maryland Natural Resources Police have recovered the body of a boater who went missing last week.

Authorities found 59-year-old's Edwin Smullen's body about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday near the south end of the Nanticoke River.

Smullen's unoccupied sailboat washed ashore Friday about 100 yards from Nanticoke Harbor.

His body was taken to the medical examiner's office in Baltimore.

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