Body of Drowning Victim Recovered From Licking River After over 12-Hour Search

Drowning victim found in Licking River

The person's name and age were not released

Body of drowning victim recovered from Licking River after over 12-hour search

The body of a drowning victim was pulled from the Licking River Tuesday morning in Northern Kentucky.Wilder police said crews first received a call about a possible drowning at 4:15 p.m. on Monday afternoon. Water rescue crews launched from Frederick's Landing in Wilder and searched the river until around 5:45 a.m. the next morning, when the person's body was recovered. According to Wilder police, the person who drowned had attempted to swim fro…

Dispatch: Search underway for reported drowning victim in Northern Kentucky

Dispatch: Search underway for reported drowning victim in Northern Kentucky

Body of drowning victim recovered from Licking River in Wilder

A little before 6 a.m. Tuesday, the body of a drowning victim was recovered from the Licking River in Wilder. According to a press release from Wilder Police, the victim was attempting to swim from the Covington riverbank to the Wilder side to join two other people swimming in the river. Witnesses reported, per police, that about halfway across the river, the victim began struggling, went underwater, and did not resurface. Due to the age of the …