Missing Boaters Recovered On Tennessee River

DECATUR COUNTY, Tenn.-The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency has recovered the bodies of two missing boaters from the Tennessee River near Bath Springs.

The body of 57-year-old Cherie Denise Arnold from Bath Springs, was recovered and pronounced dead at the scene. Divers recovered the bodies of 19-year-old Bryan Chayse Linton from Scotts Hill, and 18-year-old Chase Rushing Wulfert from Morris Chapel, Sunday afternoon around river mile marker 171.

The preliminary investigation indicates that a Baja boat with three occupants collided with a barge traveling downstream around mile marker 171 around 9 p.m. on August 6.

The boating incident is under investigation.

This is the 22nd boating-related fatality this year.

Search crews conducted surface and sonar scans to locate the missing boaters on the Tennessee River. The Decatur County EMA, Decatur County Rescue, Decatur County Sheriff Department, Decatur County EMS, Benton County Rescue, Henderson County Rescue, Carroll County Rescue, Carroll County Dive Team, West TN Dive Team, Lake County Rescue, Hardin County Rescue, Hardin County EMA, Tennessee Highway Patrol, and TWRA assisted in the search.