Search Continues for Scuba Diver Missing Since Weekend
Search and rescue teams continued to patrol the ocean around a popular dive park Wednesday, searching for a scuba diver who disappeared over the weekend.
John Edward Olsen, 44, went diving with a friend Saturday afternoon and has not been seen since.
The two friends agreed to meet at the steps at the Casino Dive Park, a popular undersea destination with sunken ships and other signs of buried treasure. But when the friend surfaced at 1:15 p.m., Olsen did not show up.
About 40 divers from the sheriff’s search and rescue teams, the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the Harbor Patrol searched into the night Saturday, and then continued to search throughout the week. Sheriff’s officials said that there is no evidence of foul play, and that it appears Olsen was the victim of a tragic accident.
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