By Drew Adams/Paducah Sun
McCracken County, KY – McCracken County Disaster and Emergency Services rescuers have found the body of a man who went missing in the Tennessee River last week. Jeffrey Kirkpatrick's body was found Saturday near Owen Island, seven miles downstream from where he went missing. Kirkpatrick was swimming with his girlfriend in the river when he submerged and did not resurface. The Paducah Sun reports his girlfriend then swam to shore and alerted authorities. Rescuers from four counties and the U. S. Coast Guard were involved in the search for Kirkpatrick's body.