ACCOKEEK, Md. - Maryland Natural Resources Police recovered the body of Sylvia Thompson, 53, of Northwest Washington, Tuesday morning, Nov. 8, at 10:10 a.m. NRP helicopter, Natural 2, located the body in the headwaters of Piscataway Creek in Prince Georges County and directed NRP boats to the scene. Thompson's body was transported to the State Medical Examiners Office in Baltimore for an autopsy. The preliminary cause of death was determined as drowning.
Ms. Thompson was reported missing on Sunday.