By Associated Press - Saturday, May 27, 2017

EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) - Authorities in southern Kansas’ Butler County say the body of an 82-year-old man who went missing in the Walnut River has been found.

Sheriff’s officials say Ramon Criss was found dead Saturday morning about a half mile from where the tractor he was riding was overturned on a low-water bridge he had been trying to clear of debris.

The search for Criss had begun about 2 p.m. Friday.



Funeral arrangements are pending.

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