Recovery efforts continue, weeks after a Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper turned up missing on flood duty in Holt County. Water Patrol Officer Fred Guthrie Jr. was apparently swept up in fast moving currents along Missouri Highway 118 near Route 111.  Hundreds turned out for a candlelight vigil in Weston to remember Guthrie.

The body of his canine officer Reed turned up the next day. Troopers from across the state have been joined by local law officers from throughout the area as they search north of Big Lake for the remains of their brother in blue.

Sgt Sheldon Lyon of Troop H says they are placing highway Jersey barriers in the water to extend a dam they’ve built. They hope to move the current west to make it easier for divers to search an area on the south side of the highway.

A support fund has been set up at the Bank of Weston, P.O. Box 8, Weston, MO 64098. Donations should be sent to the bank in care of the Guthrie Family Fund.