Aug 31, 2025

Teen drowns at Lake of the Ozarks

Posted Aug 31, 2025 11:30 AM

CAMDEN COUNTY —Authorities are investigating a drowning that occurred just before 11:30p.m. Saturday at Lake of the Ozarks.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 19-year-old Glenwood, Illinois man entered the water at a public beach and did not resurface.

The county coroner pronounced him deceased just before 2a.m. and he was transported to Hedges-Scott Funeral Home.  The Patrol no longer releases names of drowning victims.