Missouri Water Patrol divers will search for a third day Thursday for the missing body of an 18-year-old Colorado man who drowned Tuesday.
The dive team worked almost non-stop during daylight hours Wednesday and used sonar and dragged the area where Anatoly Dmitruck was last seen.
According to Missouri Water Patrol, the search will continue in the early morning hours on Thursday and include a larger area than what officers had searched.
Dmitruck and several friends were out on the water in a rented pontoon boat Tuesday afternoon when they stopped to go swimming near Hawk Island at the 26-mile marker.
According to the Water Patrol’s report, after the victim jumped in, he splashed around like he was in distress, went under and did not resurface.
Friends immediately started searching the water themselves and called law enforcement.
The victim was last seen around 3:15 p.m. Tuesday.
The water is about 30-feet deep in the area the dive team has been searching.
Crews from Mid-County, Osage Beach and Lake Ozark fire protection district also responded.
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