Jul 27, 2026

Body of Kansas man recovered after drowning at Lake of the Ozarks

Posted Jul 27, 2026 10:30 AM
File photo MSHP
File photo MSHP

MORGAN COUNTY—A Kansas man drowned just after 4:30p.m. Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported the 62-year-old Shawnee, Kansas man voluntarily entered the water from a dock at 32659 Crescent Drive.  He surfaced, then submerged and never resursafed.

The Mid-County dive team recovered the man and he was pronounced deceased at the scene just after 8p.m.  He was transported to Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home in Versailles.  The MSHP no longer releases names of drowning victims.