Body
Search Tonight in Table Rock Lake with 8-Pound Swimming Video Camera
and Sonar
Using Underwater Technology
to Find Body of 28-Year Old Man; Previous Dives and Drags Have Failed
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Branson, Missouri, September 11, 2002 - After midnight tonight,
a search party will attempt to find the drowned body of Troy Barnhart,
28, who jumped from a moving boat on July 26, 2002, on Table Rock
Lake, MO, and was not seen again. Francis Carson of Rustin, LA,
a professional side-scan sonar operator, and Bob Christ of Exton,
PA, the operator of an 8-pound VideoRay ROV (remotely operated vehicle)
will undertake the search at the request of Barnhart’s parents.
The search will be held in Kimberling City at the Joe Bald Recreation
Area.
Barnhart’s body is believed to be in 120 feet of water near
underwater standing timber. The search will begin in the area where
a GPS reading was taken by friends who were driving the boat Barnhart
jumped from. Carson has captured a side-scan sonar image which he
believes may be Barnhart’s body. Operating the VideoRay from
the boat, Christ will be able to see underwater through the VideoRay’s
camera eye to record video of the search. Table Rock Lake has a
surface area of approximately 43,100 surface acres.
Media are invited to contact Francis Carson by calling his cell
phone: 318-265-6300. Bob Christ can be reached on his cell phone
at 610-547-4185. Barnhart was an electrical engineer from St. Louis,
MO, who taught life guarding and swimming. He had been married for
nearly a year. His birthday is next Monday, September 16, 2002.
For More About VideoRay, visit www.videoray.com.
For images online, visit http://www.videoray.com/Press_Room/photo_gallery.htm
VideoRay LLC * 400 Eagleview Blvd. * Exton, PA 19341 USA * Phone:
(610) 458-3000 * FAX: (610) 458-3010 * www.videoray.com
For More Information about Abyssal Recovery,
visit www.abyssalrecovery.com.
Francis Carson has found 14 bodies during 32 years in business,
in Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, and Minnesota. More information and
photographs can be found at www.abyssalrecovery.com
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