Philip Merrill
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) The body of prominent publisher and former diplomat Philip Merrill has been recovered, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Police said Monday.
The agency scheduled a 4:30 p.m. news conference at Sandy Point State Park to talk about the recovery.
Merrill went missing during a solo sailing trip June 10 in the Chesapeake Bay.
Merrill, 72, is the publisher of The (Annapolis) Capital newspaper, Washingtonian magazine and five other Maryland newspapers.
Michael Walsh, a DNR spokesman, declined to release any details until the news conference.
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