Body of missing fisherman discovered

WASHINGTON — The body of a fisherman missing for almost three months has finally been found.

Maryland Natural Resources Police say the body of 52-year-old Roger Grissom of Hughesville washed up on Virginia’s eastern shore in the area of Hacksneck, a town in Accomack County that’s more than 60 miles away from where the boat he was on capsized back on Nov. 19.

Grissom and three others were participating in a fishing tournament near White Point Beach in St. Mary’s County when their boat went under.

Only one person on board survived.

John Domen

John started working at WTOP in 2016 after having grown up in Maryland listening to the station as a child. While he got his on-air start at small stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he's spent most of his career in the D.C. area, having been heard on several local stations before coming to WTOP.

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