UPDATE: An autopsy has been completed, according to a news release from the office of Warrick County Coroner Sarah Seaton Wednesday night. Stover s cause of death was declared drowning, with hypothermia as a secondary factor.
The body of Jacob Stover, 16, was recovered Monday afternoon, Warrick County Coroner Sarah Seaton said. The services of a forensic odontologist were used to identify the remains as Stover, she said.
Warrick Co. dispatchers received a call from the lockmaster Monday about a body in the river, Sheriff Mike Wilder told the Courier & Press.
Stover went missing while kayaking on the Ohio River on Jan. 10. The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that Stover had left his Prospect, Kentucky, home the morning of Jan. 10 for Cox Park to go kayaking alone, according to a Louisville Metro Police release, and never returned. He was last seen wearing a black coat, black winter pants, black boots and a blue beanie.
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