WASHINGTON — Maryland Natural Resources Police resumed their search for a missing swimmer at 聽Monday morning.
shortly before 11 a.m. that dive teams were beginning their search at聽Bloede Dam for Byron Diaz, 22, of Landover, Maryland.
Natural Resources police were originally called around 6:30 p.m. Sunday to search for a man聽who dove into the waters below the聽Dam.
Candy Thomson, a spokeswoman for Maryland Natural Resources Police, says witnesses did not see the man聽come back up.
Maryland Park Service and Howard County Fire and Rescue crews joined in the search for the swimmer聽until it got dark.
Thomson said the dam area is well-marked with signs telling visitors to not swim, as well as indicating that it is a 鈥渧ery treacherous鈥� area. At this time, officials聽have not released聽any information about who the man聽was with when he went into the water.
