HERMITAGE, Mo. -- A Butler man drowned Saturday afternoon while swimming with his daughter at Hermitage State Park, the Missouri Water Patrol said.
Gary Junge, 47, and his daughter were at the park's swim beach on Pomme De Terre when his daughter saw him bobbing up and down in the water and realized he was in trouble. She asked bystanders to call 911. His body was recovered about an hour later in 7 feet of water.
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