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GRDA officials recover body at the Illinois River

Posted at 2:52 PM, Jun 24, 2016
and last updated 2016-06-24 16:40:31-04

Officials are searching the Illinois River reportedly looking for a man who went missing Thursday.

The GRDA says that a 35-year-old man was reported missing around 5:30 p.m. near War Eagle Resort in Tahlequah.

A woman told the GRDA that when she returned to her car to find her friend, he was not there. GRDA reports that the man was not seen entering the water but officials are searching the scene with boats as if it were a possible drowning.