HOT SPRINGS VILLAGE, AR (WKRN) – Authorities said they have located the body of a missing kayaker who capsized on Lake DeSoto in Hot Springs Village.
According to Chief Ricky Middleton with the Hot Springs Village Police Department, the body of 22-year-old Andrew Maestas was found around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday by officers from the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission and a dive team from the Hot Springs Fire Department.
Maestas, who was from Clarksville, Tennessee, was first reported missing after he and another kayaker capsized on the lake shortly before 1 p.m. Sunday.
Two passers-by were able to rescue the other kayaker, and search crews from the HSVPD and other agencies immediately began their search for Maestas.
From Clarksville Now news partner WKRN, Channel 2-Nashville.