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UPDATE: SHERIFF'S OFFICE INVESTIGATING POSSIBLE DROWNING:

04/30/2020

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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.