Search continues for missing boater

UPDATE:  4/1/23

According to TWRA, the body believed to be that of missing boater, 79-year-old William Mayfield from Silerton, TN was recovered April 1 on the Tennessee River. The body is being sent for an autopsy for positive identification. The boater originally went missing on Thursday, March 23, 2023.

Organizations involved in the search included: TWRA, Hardin County Fire Department, Hardin County Sheriff’s Office, and the Braden Fire Department. TWRA says this is the fifth boating fatality in Tennessee this year.

UPDATE :

According to TWRA, the search has continued for the missing boater, but as of Sunday morning, March 26, the boater had not been recovered.

UPDATE :

The search has been halted due to weather.

EARLIER STORY:

HARDIN COUNTY, Tenn., — With potential severe weather approaching, the search for a missing boater is still on.

Photo courtesy of the Hardin County Fire Department

According to the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, they responded to a call about an  unoccupied boat circling on the Tennessee River near mile marker 204 on Thursday around 6:30 p.m.

The TWRA reports that a 56-year-old man was rescued from the bank, and a 79-year-old man from Hardeman County is still missing.

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