Two bodies recovered in Jefferson County floodwater - STLtoday.com
JEFFERSON COUNTY • Authorities in Jefferson County on Thursday recovered the bodies in Buck Creek of two women believed to have been swept away in flash flooding southwest of Festus. Her body was found about 5:30 p. m. Missouri Highway Patrol spokesmen said Barrett’s body was about three-quarters of a mile from where cars were swept into the creek Wednesday night, near the intersection of Highway 67 and Buck Creek Spur Road. Barrett had been driving a maroon Buick and Kirby a GMC van. Al Nothum said officials believe that there were no other victims. Juston Wheetley said all victims were believed to be accounted for. Kirby Moon, 47, of De Soto, who said he was Barrett’s boyfriend, told a reporter that Barrett had called family overnight and said her vehicle was filling with water. Nothum said a firefighter was driving on Highway 67 around 10 p. m. Wednesday and saw a woman on top of a car. The firefighter also said he saw a van on Buck Creek Spur Road coming toward the woman’s car. The van got washed away in Buck Creek and may have knocked into the woman’s car, sending it into the creek, too. Earlier, police had said they don’t know if the woman seen atop the car might have escaped on her own. But on Thursday night Wheetley said that woman was determined to be Barrett. Source: www.stltoday.com
