MIDDLE BROOK, Mo. • A Farmington man drowned Sunday in the Black River at Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, authorities said.
Christopher C. Watson, 19, tried to swim across the river about 6:45 p.m. Sunday, the Missouri Highway Patrol said.
Watson went under and did not resurface. His body was found and he was pronounced dead shortly before 9 p.m. by the Reynolds County Coroner.