Crews searching for Kansas City father, son who went missing while kayaking in Arkansas
A search for the pair was suspended Thursday due to poor weather conditions
A search for the pair was suspended Thursday due to poor weather conditions
A search for the pair was suspended Thursday due to poor weather conditions
The search for a missing father and son from Kansas City, Missouri is scheduled to continue Monday after the pair went missing on a spring break trip to Arkansas.
Search crews were out on Beaver Lake in Garfield, Arkansas searching for 47-year-old Charles Morris and 20-year-old Charley Morris. The father and son were out kayaking while on a family Spring Break trip. They were last seen Thursday.
The two were last seen near the Lost Bridge area of the lake.
“We've got Benton County Sheriff's Office, we've got our dive team, our search and rescue teams," Lt. Shannon Jenkins told KMBC 9 sister-station 40/29.
Jenkins, with the Benton County Sheriff's Office, said deputies suspended the search Thursday night because of the weather.
Jenkins said one kayak and one jacket were found Thursday, and a second kayak was found on Friday morning.
Temperatures dipped below freezing at the lake Thursday into Friday.
The cold temperatures and high winds have made the search more difficult for search teams and dive crews.
"The wind was definitely not in our favor," Jenkins said. "A lot can happen with that out here on the lake."
The sheriff's office is asking any boaters or people who live in the area to keep a lookout for the kayakers.
Family friends are also asking anyone who goes hiking in the area this weekend to keep an eye out for the two men.
If you have any information, you're asked to call the Benton County Sheriff's Office.