Mar 24, 2025

Body of missing boater recovered from KC area lake

Posted Mar 24, 2025 10:30 AM
Photo MSHP
Photo MSHP

KANSAS CITY—Search crews recovered the body of a missing boater from Truman Lake.

 At approximately 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Troopers from the Marine Division of the Missouri State Highway Patrol located and recovered the body of 40-year-old Christopher David Salmons.

Since March 14, Water Patrol and Dive Team members had been  searching the Clear Creek Cove area of the lake  for Salmons, according to a statement from the patrol.