With No Sign Of Colby In 6 Days, Search Adds Neighborhood Fliers

Authorities searching for former CIA Director William Colby tried a new tactic Saturday, passing out fliers in his waterfront neighborhood - but found no sign of him after six days.

They called off their search in the afternoon and planned to resume today.

The hope was that a weekend resident or visitor might have observed something the previous Saturday, when Colby was last seen canoeing in front of his summer home.

His canoe was found the next day near the Wicomico River shore, a few hundred yards from his house on Neale Sound. Colby, 76, was presumed dead in a boating accident but his body has not been found.

Authorities conducted a scaled-back search of the water and beaches with one boat Saturday as seven sheriff’s detectives went door-to-door. They also posted and handed out fliers with the word “Missing” and a picture of a relaxed-looking Colby in a boating shirt.

“Anything to get information,” Detective Hoover Thompson said.