The search for the operator of a bowrider, found anchored with no one on it, ended in tragedy. The body of 25-year-old Kyra Feick was recovered near the boat on the Magothy River, not far from the popular Dobbins Island sandbar. Now, police are looking for anyone with information about her death.
On Thursday, June 26 around 11 a.m., Maryland Natural Resources Police (NRP) say they were called to the Magothy near Gibson Island for a report of a missing boater, last seen Wednesday evening. The boater was last seen operating a bowrider-style boat.
NRP officers found the boat unmanned, anchored between Gibson Island and Dobbins Island in about 12 feet of water. There were personal possessions on board. Anne Arundel County Fire Department’s fireboats and dive team responded, along with aviation units.
Divers located Feick’s body near the anchor line of the boat. NRP is investigating the circumstances of her death. She’s believed to have been the only person on board. Police are asking anyone who may have seen “vessel activity” in the Magothy during the afternoon or early evening of Wednesday, June 25, to call NRP at 410-260-8888.
According to her obituary, Feick was an animal lover who grew up in nearby Severna Park, Maryland, attending Severna Park High School before playing field hockey at Ithaca College and graduating from Northeastern University.
