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Search underway for missing boater at Smithville Lake

By Tony Rizzo

Updated May 17, 2018 4:43 PM

Missouri troopers are searching Smithville Lake for Charles O. Roe, 37, from Smithville. Missouri State Highway Patrol

Authorities are searching for a man reported missing Thursday at Smithville Lake.

A relative filed the missing person report Thursday morning after the man borrowed a boat Wednesday and never returned.

The boat was found empty later Thursday on the bank of the lake near Sailboat Cove, according to a spokesman for the Missouri Highway Patrol.

The boat's engine was running and the transmission was in neutral, according to the patrol.

The highway patrol tweeted Thursday afternoon that the missing boater is Charles O. Roe, 37, of Smithville.

Troopers are searching Smithville Lake for a missing boater, Charles O. Roe, 37, from Smithville. Reportedly, on the water last night but never returned home. The boat was located, running, next to the bank behind Sailboat Cove, however, Roe has not been located. pic.twitter.com/LlOJgAQ8dj
— MSHP Troop A (@MSHPTrooperA) May 17, 2018

Searchers from multiple agencies, aided by a Kansas City police helicopter, are searching the lake.

This story was originally published May 17, 2018 at 3:37 PM with the headline "Search underway for missing boater at Smithville Lake."

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