Jun 25, 2025

Body of 33-year-old drowning victim recovered

Posted Jun 25, 2025 11:30 PM

COOPER COUNTY —Authorities have recovered the body of a woman who drowned earlier this week in Cooper County.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported just before 1a.m. Monday, a 33-year-old Booneville woman entered the Missouri River on foot just downstream from mile marker 200 and failed to resurface.

Searchers later found her body near a shoreline approximately 55 miles downstream.  She was transported to Parker-Millard Funeral Home.