Searchers combing Occoquan for rower

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There has been no sign of a 64-year-old woman who disappeared over the weekend while rowing on the Occoquan River.

Julia Shew, of Northern Virginia, disappeared Saturday during a solo training session. Fairfax County Police Officer Bud Walker said the last time she was seen isn’t known, but Sandy Run Regional Park officials doing an inventory at 5 p.m. noticed her rowing scull had not returned. It was found capsized minutes later.

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