On 7/9/11, at 11:41 pm, Copperas Creek Fire Department contacted me on my Dept. cell phone and advised that they had been called to the Hiram Walker Lake on a report of a missing boater.  They did a shore check and were unable to locate the missing boater.  They secured the boat where it was found, and also a hat that was floating in the lake.  We agreed to meet the following morning to continue search and recovery efforts.

    On 7/10/11, Copperas Creek Fire Department members and their dive team,  Mason County Dive Team, Farmington Fire Department, and Conservation Police met at the east end of the lake to launch, and then traveled to the west end of the lake where the boat had been secured the previous evening. Divers entered the water near the boat and did a surface check.  Divers located body in approximately 19 feet of water.

    On 7/12/2011, an autopsy was conducted, and it was determined that victim died from drowning.  The cause the fall from the boat and ultimate drowning remains undetermined.
Middle Grove                  