19-year-old dies at Lake of the Ozarks, its fourth drowning in August

A Glenwood, Illinois, man drowned over the weekend at Lake of the Ozarks, marking the fourth drowning at the lake in August.

The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. Saturday at Grand Glaize Beach, one of the lake’s public beaches, according to a drowning incident report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The unnamed 19-year-old entered the water by “unknown means,” and never resurfaced, according to the report. He was pronounced dead at 1:50 a.m.

The man’s death marks the fourth drowning at Lake of the Ozarks in August.

On Aug. 13, a 2-year-old girl was found face-up in the lake after wandering away from her Gravois Mills, Missouri, home, according to an incident report from the MSHP. She was pronounced dead at an area hospital at 12:36 p.m.

Another incident report states that on Aug. 17, a 3-year-old boy from Tuscumbia, Missouri, died after wandering off the back of an anchored boat near the 4.8 mile marker of Glaize Arm. He did not resurface.

On Aug. 23, a 52-year-old man from Kansas City, Missouri, fell off a dock near the 38 mile marker of Fan Hollow Cove and never resurfaced, according to a drowning incident report from the MSHP. He was declared dead at the scene around 4:15 a.m.

Earlier in the month, on Aug. 19, a man died at a St. Louis-area hospital after he was diagnosed with Naegleria fowleri, a rare and deadly microscopic amoeba on Aug. 13.

Preliminary information indicated the man had been water skiing at the Lake of the Ozarks days before becoming ill.

This story was originally published September 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM.