PORT ANGELES — The search for Margaret Mary Baker will continue today after rangers found no sign of the missing woman on Saturday during a search on Lake Crescent.
Baker, 60, an orthopedic surgeon and highly regarded French horn player, was reported missing April 24.
Her new red kayak, which contained a paddle and life vest, was found April 25 submerged on a rocky shoreline along U.S. Highway 101 about a mile east of Barnes Point.
A couple of rangers were on the water on Saturday and checked the shoreline along the east end of the lake, said Park Deputy Superintendent Lee Taylor. They found nothing, she said.
Baker’s 2016 Brown BMW SUV was found the evening of April 24 parked along East Beach Road, her cellphone and wallet inside the vehicle. The SUV was located after Verizon tracked the cellphone.
Baker was last seen at about 4 p.m. April 24 near her vehicle, park spokeswoman Penny Wagner said earlier this week. Anyone with information on Baker or who saw her in the Lake Crescent area April 24-25 should call or text the park’s tip line at 888-653-0009.
Baker is described in a Port Angeles police report as 5-foot-8 and 160 pounds.
Wagner said park officials are hoping to borrow an underwater remote-control rover vehicle to search the lake, which is more than 600 feet deep.
