Body Recovered From The Ohio River

Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 7:55 PM

By Kentucky State Police information

KSP confirms

Kentucky State Police Public Affairs Officer, Steven Dykes said a call came in around 1 p.m., of a body in the river near Milton, Ky., in Trimble County. Officials say the call came from a boater who saw the body while on the water.

Kentucky State Police officers responded, and recovered the body from the river.

The body will be taken to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office for an autopsy, according to KSP officials.

No other information is currently known at this time.

Just earlier in the week Milton Fire & Rescue was doing water training to be prepared to protect the community we serve and those traveling through it.

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