Monday, July 18, 2011
Man Drowns In Cumberland River
- {Kentucky}...Whitley County Sheriff Colan Harrell and Coroner Andy Croley have confirmed the body found in the Cumberland River near Maiden Bend Road just east of Williamsburg Thursday morning is 47 year old Bruce Carl Childress, originally from Dayton, Ohio. Harrell said Childress came to Whitley County during the first week of July, and had been staying at his brother's house, about four to five miles from where Childress' remains were discovered. Childress had been missing since July 7th. Dr. Christen Roth autopsied Childress' body Friday morning at the state medical examiner's office in Frankfort and ruled the cause of death as drowning.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:31 PM 
