Missing beauty queen found dead in lake after vanishing from Oklahoma bar, police say

The body of an Oklahoma woman who went missing on Feb. 5 was found inside her submerged car, police told local media.

Alyssa Walker-Donaldson, 24, was reported missing by her family on Feb. 7, KSLA reported. Sheriff Kevin Clardy told the outlet that there were no immediate signs of foul play and that local rumors about her disappearance being connected to escaped inmates in the area appeared unfounded.

Walker-Donaldson was last seen on Feb. 5, when she was leaving a bar and heading to a different one, KFOR reported.

She was a former McCurtain County beauty queen, News on 6 reported. The sheriff’s office told the outlet that her car was recovered near a ramp on Broken Bow Lake on Feb. 10 and that Walker-Donaldson’s body was inside.

Clardy told KTBS 3 that multiple agencies helped look for Walker-Donaldson. A vehicle was seen in the lake on Feb. 9, and a dive team and an underwater camera were used to determine that the car, submerged in 15 feet of water, was hers, the outlet reported.

The McCurtain County Sheriff’s Office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from McClatchy News.

This story was originally published February 11, 2022 at 5:53 PM.