UPDATE: SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE DROWNING:
04/30/2020
Billy Ray Williams
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT
Alicia Dorn
Communications Director/Public Information Officer
Office: 870-541-5351/Cell: 870-329-5638
Email: alicia.dorn@jeffcoso.org
UPDATE: SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE DROWNING: Jefferson County, Arkansas - April 30, 2020 - Jefferson County deputies have located the body of a man who drowned in Atkins Lake.
The victim has been identified as 65-year-old black male, Billy Ray Williams.
At 12:05 p.m., deputies were dispatched to Atkins Lake regarding a boater in distress. An onlooker reported seeing a man fall into the water from his boat.
When deputies arrived, they began a search of the lake. At approximately 6:50 p.m., deputies located Williams' body in the water.
He was pronounced dead by Jefferson County Deputy Coroner April Davis.