The Saline County Sheriff’s Department and Saline County Coroner’s Office are investigating a drowning incident.
According to a release from the sheriff’s office, emergency services were dispatched to Blind Pony Lake near Sweet Springs at approximately 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 3, in reference to a male subject who had submerged in the water and not resurfaced.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Water Patrol Division later recovered the body identified as that of 22-year-old Raul Cortez, of Marshall.
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Conservation Agent Chase Wright, Sweet Springs Ambulance and Police and West Central Fire from Sweet Springs assisted at the scene.
KMMO News will update this story as more information becomes available.