Search For Missing MD Boater Enters Day 8

CHESAPEAKE BEACH, MD — The search for a boater missing in the Chesapeake Bay has entered day eight with no new leads.

The Natural Resources Police is still searching for Lonnie James Johnson, 65, of Chesapeake Beach. Johnson's unoccupied boat was found a week ago on the Eastern Shore of the bay.

"Thursday offered favorable weather conditions and we deployed divers, boats equipped with side-scan sonar, and aerial searches with our helicopter 'Natural 1,'" Natural Resources Police spokesperson Vincent Hunter Dortenzo told Patch in a Friday email. "Our field officers have also been conducting daily surface searches via patrol vessels and on-foot shoreline searches, which they continue to do today. Beyond that, we don't have anything new at this time."

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Authorities said they were dispatched on the morning of Nov. 14 for a report of an overdue boater last known to be operating a white 23-foot center console vessel out of Chesapeake Beach on Nov. 13.

The unoccupied boat was found on the morning of Nov. 14 in the area of Taylor's Island in Dorchester County after tracking Johnson's cell phone location, officers said. Taylor's Island is located 15 to 20 nautical miles southeast of Chesapeake Beach.

The Natural Resources Police asked anyone with information on Johnson's whereabouts or related boat activity to call 410-260-8888.

This map shows the area where authorities said Johnson's boat was found.