Kansas City man drowns in Lake of the Ozarks on July 4, highway patrol reports
A Kansas City man drowned after he entered the Lake of the Ozarks Saturday night and did not resurface, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.
The incident happened July 4 at Lick Beach Cove in Morgan County’s Rocky Mount area, according to the highway patrol’s incident report.
The unidentified 25-year-old Kansas City man entered the Lake of the Ozarks water without a life jacket, the highway patrol reported. The man “did not resurface,” according to the report.
Though investigators estimate the man died at about 9:45 p.m. on Independence Day, his body was not found until about 9:30 a.m. the next morning, the patrol recorded.
The death marked the fourth fatal drowning on the Lake of the Ozarks in 2026, according to the patrol’s data.
Eleanor Nash
The Kansas City Star