POLK COUNTY, Tenn. — The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said the body of a 57-year-old man was found in a Polk County lake Monday evening after they received a call about an unoccupied boat going in circles near a boat ramp.
Boaters were able to board the boat and take it to shore, according to a release from TWRA. They said officers and several other organizations including Polk County Fire and Rescue, Bradley County Fire and Rescue and the Hamilton County Sheriff's Department Under Water Recovery Team started searching the area of Parksville Lake where the boat was found.
They said it was an unoccupied older-model ski boat. TWRA used a remote-operated vehicle and teams eventually found and recovered the body of Billy Calhoun, from Dalton, Georgia, at around 8:20 p.m.
The body was taken to the Knox County Regional Forensic Center while officers confirmed that he had gone boating by himself. He was not wearing a life jacket, TWRA said. They said it was the 24th boating fatality so far this year.
