Bodies of Missing Musician Son Recovered from Arkansas Lake
Bentonville (US), Apr 10 (AP) The bodies of a jam band musician and his adult son were recovered from an Arkansas lake more than three weeks after the two went missing during a kayaking trip, authorities said. The Benton County Sheriff's Office said Sunday that the bodies were identified as those of Chuck Morris, 47, and his 20-year-old son, Charley Morris. Chuck Morris was a percussionist who for more than two decades had been a member of the instrumental jam band Lotus. Also Read | World Freedom Index 2023: Tibet Ranked World's Least Free Country in Freedom House Index. The father and son from Kansas City, Missouri, were last seen on March 16 while on a kayaking trip to Beaver Lake, The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. A search crew found their bodies over the weekend while searching the lake with an underwater drone, the sheriff's office said in a news release. Lotus posted a statement from the Morris family on its Facebook page saying relatives had spoken with Arkansas authorities and were told the men drowned. Also Read | Pakistan: Remittances Sent by Pakistani Expats Reach USD 2.5 Billion in March, Says Central Bank. A Facebook statement from the band said proceeds from upcoming concerts in Denver; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Port Chester, New York, will go to benefit the Morris family. “Thank you all for the outpouring of support from around the world — we feel it and love you just as much,” the band posted. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
Monday, April 10, 2023 at 4:56 pm