DROWNING REPORT - THIS IS TROOP D'S 7TH DROWNING FOR 2026. VICTIM ENTERED THE WATER TO ATTEMPT TO ASSIST ANOTHER SWIMMER WHEN VICTIM BECAME DISTRESSED AND EXHAUSTED AND WENT UNDER THE WATER AND DID NOT RESURFACE. DECEASED WAS PRONOUNCED ON 07/19/2026 AT 1008 BY MCDONALD COUNTY CORONER JONATHAN FLETCHER AT THE SCENE WHERE THE DIVE TEAM MADE THE RECOVERY ON THE ELK RIVER BY EASY STREET IN NOEL, MO.
