Elgin County OPP have launched a missing person investigation after a Dutton, Ont., man failed to return home from a trip on his sailboat late last week.
According to police, Reginald Fisher, 77, was last seen alone leaving the Port Glasgow area in his 14-foot sailboat at around 3 p.m. Thursday.
Police say they were contacted the following day after he still hadn’t returned home.
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“Since that time, police have been conducting an extensive search by air and water,” police said in a release.
The overturned sailboat was found around 7 p.m. Friday but there was no sign of Fisher.
The search continues, police say.
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