{"id":21,"date":"2026-06-15T15:03:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/?p=21"},"modified":"2026-06-15T15:16:37","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T15:16:37","slug":"search-continues-for-missing-boater-in-gainesville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/?p=21","title":{"rendered":"Body of missing Boater found near Gainesville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/boat-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/boat-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/boat-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/boat-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/boat.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The search for a missing boater in Sumter County has come to an end after authorities recovered the man&#8217;s body Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the body of 48-year-old Damond E. Driggers of Millry was located at approximately 8:10 a.m. on June 15. Officials said he was found near the same area where he entered the water on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ALEA expressed gratitude to the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the many volunteers who assisted with the search and recovery operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recovery concludes a two-day search effort on the Tombigbee River near Gainesville after Driggers was reported missing early Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The search for a missing boater in Sumter County has come to an end after authorities recovered the man&#8217;s body Monday morning. According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the body of 48-year-old Damond E. Driggers of Millry was located at approximately 8:10 a.m. on June 15. Officials said he was found near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-interest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24,"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21\/revisions\/24"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westalabamareporters.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}