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Body of missing kayaker found along Big Walnut Creek

Posted at 1:27 PM, Sep 18, 2016
and last updated 2016-09-23 06:52:20-04

FILLMORE, Ind. – The body of a missing kayaker was found by conservation officers in Putnam County late Thursday morning.

Indiana Department of Natural Resources officers found the body of 27-year-old Robert Simms about three-fourths of a mile downstream of where his kayak was found along Big Walnut Creek

Water crews began searching over the weekend for Simms after he was last seen Saturday around 9:30 p.m. in a green kayak.

Crews searched the creek until 2 a.m. Sunday and resumed at 8 a.m., due to foggy weather.