HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. - Authorities say the body of a Maryland man has been found in the Potomac River near Harpers Ferry.
Maryland Natural Resources Police spokeswoman Candy Thomson tells The Herald-Mail that the body of Jason Wayne Downs, 44, of Frederick, Maryland, was found in the river early Monday.
Thomson says Downs was visiting relatives when he went down to the West Virginia side of the river in a kayak on Sunday evening and failed to return. He wasn't wearing a life jacket.
The body has been taken to a medical examiner in Baltimore.