Sunday, February 21, 2010
Pike Co. Rescue Crews Recover Missing Man
KENTUCKY & WEST VIRGINIA
Pike County rescue crews with the Belfry Fire Department were out Sunday searching the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River looking for 29 year old William Blankenship. West Virginia State Police say Blankenship was last seen Friday February 12th. at the Williamson Campus of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in West Williamson. The last time anyone heard from him was when he texted his fiance around 5:00 P.M. to say his cousin would drive him home. Sunday afternoon, his body was recovered on the river bank near a flood wall in Williamson, near the site he was last seen.
Pike County rescue crews with the Belfry Fire Department were out Sunday searching the Tug Fork of the Big Sandy River looking for 29 year old William Blankenship. West Virginia State Police say Blankenship was last seen Friday February 12th. at the Williamson Campus of Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College in West Williamson. The last time anyone heard from him was when he texted his fiance around 5:00 P.M. to say his cousin would drive him home. Sunday afternoon, his body was recovered on the river bank near a flood wall in Williamson, near the site he was last seen.
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