Jun 20, 2023

Swimmer drowns at Lake of the Ozarks

Posted Jun 20, 2023 2:58 PM

CAMDEN COUNTY —A man drowned just after 8p.m. Saturday  at Lake of the Ozarks.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported 30-year-old Kendall Henderson of Chicago, Illinois, dove off the side of the dock at the twenty mile mark of the main channel. 

As he began to swim away, he began to struggle, went below the surface of the water and did not resurface.

A dive team recovered Henderson's body and he was transported to Hedges Scott Funeral Home.