CLAY COUNTY, Mo. —A Kansas man drowned just before 9:30p.m. Saturday in Smithville Lake in Clay County.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a 23-year-old Kansas City, Kansas man was in the water, went under and did not resurface. The man's body was recovered by the Water Patrol at the same location. He was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported from the scene by Forensic Medical.
He was not wearing a life jacket, according to the MSHP. The Patrol no longer releases names of drowning victims.