JACKSON COUNTY, Ill. (WJPF) – A Missouri man drowned in a boating accident on Kinkaid Lake.
80-year-old Lawrence Daugherty’s body was pulled from about 50 feet of water Thursday.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says that Lawrence Daugherty and his wife, 69-year-old Deborah Daugherty, crashed their Jon Boat near the spillway Wednesday evening. Deborah Daugherty was rescued by other boaters and then treated at a local hospital. First responders searched for Lawrence Daugherty until late Wednesday night and then resumed their search Thursday morning before finding his body Thursday afternoon.
