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Body Of Missing Kayaker Found In Pike County

Posted at 12:07 PM, May 24, 2019
and last updated 2019-05-24 12:48:07-04

PIKE COUNTY, Ky. (MOUNTAIN TOP NEWS)– Emergency crews have found the body of a missing kayaker in Pikeville.

According to our news partners at Mountain Top News (formerly East Kentucky Broadcasting), the kayaker, 47-year-old Paris “Andy” Smith, of Pike County, was reported missing Wednesday night.

Smith’s shoes and kayak were found on the riverbank. Search dogs helped alert to the location of his body.