NewsJune 13, 2017
Man dies at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park
CENTERVILLE, Mo. -- A 19-year-old man is dead after drowning at a popular park in Southeast Missouri. Authorities said 19-year-old Christopher Watson of Farmington, Missouri, was trying to swim across the Black River at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park on Sunday evening when he went under the water and did not resurface. His body was found a couple of hours later...
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CENTERVILLE, Mo. -- A 19-year-old man is dead after drowning at a popular park in Southeast Missouri.
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Authorities said 19-year-old Christopher Watson of Farmington, Missouri, was trying to swim across the Black River at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park on Sunday evening when he went under the water and did not resurface. His body was found a couple of hours later.
Watson was pronounced dead by Reynolds County Coroner Jeff McSpadden.
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