NICHOLAS COUNTY, Ky. (LEX 18)– The search for a missing Nicholas County canoer is over after his body was found Thursday afternoon.
According to officials, 62-year-old James Jolly had been camping near the Licking River since Friday and went missing on Monday.
Jolly was originally with friends who were on a different boat downstream from him.
Crews had been searching since Monday and found Jolly’s body on Thursday. The coroner pronounced him deceased around 4:15 p.m.
A determination of the cause of death is pending subject to autopsy.
