Arkansas judge found dead at bottom of lake

The body of an Arkansas judge was found Sunday morning at the bottom of a lake about 70 miles east of Little Rock. it was done. Local authorities searched for most of the previous night. 

Arkansas County Northern District Judge Jeremiah T. Bueker, 48, had planned to spend the weekend in the area with family and friends, the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said in {10. News release.When he left the group on Saturday to investigate on his own and did not return, Booker's family and friends told police they had tried to locate him on their own without success. The sun had already set, so they reported Buker missing.

The sheriff's office said a team of sheriffs was dispatched just before midnight and answered the call "immediately." The county's marine patrol unit, in conjunction with wildlife officers from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, conducted a "massive ground and water search" for Booker, as the Sheriff's Office described it. According to Booker's darling, he was last seen near Mud Lake. The lake is located on the outskirts of the Arkansas River and empties into the river itself at one confluence.

Police say officials used sidescan sonar technology to survey the lake with a boat . "They temporarily suspended their search early Sunday morning due to 'poor visibility' and continued their search for Buker until they resumed their search after sunrise.

Sonar systems detected Booker's body at the bottom of Mud Lake around 9:15 am on Sunday, according to the sheriff's office. Once the body was recovered, agents and investigators, with the help of his friends and family, confirmed Booker's identity. His death is currently being investigated as an accidental drowning, but the sheriff's office said his body will be sent to the state coroner for an autopsy.

Jefferson County Sheriff Lafayette said, "The successful recovery of Judge Buker's body by our lieutenants and the Arkansas Game and Fish and Wildlife Officer has given the Buker family and those who knew him best a sense of closure. I sincerely hope that it will come," he said. Woods said in a statement shared with the office press release announcing Buker's death. 37} Trending News