On 12-11-2010 at approximately 1115 hours I was notified by officer  that a boat had been found upside down in John Redmond Reservoir at the dam. I was later called by Officer that they had recovered two white males from the face of the dam at approximately 1230 and 1330. A 11 year old boy was still missing. A recovery effort was started on 12-11-2010 looking for the missing boy. The recovery effort included a ground team using ATV''s and 10 to 15 boats equiped with Side Scan Sonar and a CORP of Engineers vessel equiped with a Towed Sonar unit was used to locate the accident site or the missing boy. This effort continued until 01-15-2011 when the Sheriff of Coffey County told the mother of the missing boy and the recovery personell that the weather and ice forming on the lake was getting to dangerious for recovery personell and would stop access to the lake. Side Scan Sonar and dragging was conducted every day that personell could get onto the lake and search for the missing boy and or determine the accident site. To date the missing boy and accident site has not been found.
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