UPDATE, July 30, 9:35 a.m. | A Missouri State Highway Patrol drowning incident report identified the victim as a 62-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri.
UPDATE, July 27, 5:30 p.m. | A KCFD spokesperson said the victim's body was located around 4 p.m. Sunday by a fisher in the area. The fisher notified KCPD and KCFD, who recovered the body in the original search area.
The body was turned over to the Jackson County Medical Examiner for further review.
UPDATE, July 27, 12:35 p.m. | A KCFD spokesperson said a rescue company returned to the creek Sunday morning and resumed the search.
Another KCFD company and the Missouri State Highway Patrol will be back at Indian Creek around 1 p.m. to assist the search with sonar, the spokesperson said.
ORIGINAL STORY | A search for a possible drowning victim in Indian Creek was suspended late Saturday night after crews spent several hours attempting to locate a victim.
A Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department spokesperson said crews were called around 6:45 p.m. Saturday to Indian Creek at W. 103rd Street and State Line Road on a possible drowning.
During the next several hours, crews interviewed a witness, walked the banks of the creek, and launched “swimmers” and an inflatable boat into the water.
The spokesperson said the department used a drone, a human remains detection dog and resources from the Missouri State Highway Patrol during the search.
Crews were unable to locate any victims by 11:55 p.m. and called off operations for the night. A spokesperson said a search would resume Sunday morning.
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