Search for missing fisherman in Lake Elwell continues

GREAT FALLS (AP) — Authorities in north-central Montana say they will attempt on Saturday to find the body of a missing fisherman from Great Falls believed to have died in Lake Elwell.

Liberty County Undersheriff Doug Riggin tells the Great Falls Tribune that 50-year-old John Kumm was reported missing at 6 p.m. Thursday. A search on Friday was unsuccessful.

Riggin says the plan for Saturday is to use sonar to locate Kumm's body in an area of the lake that is 25 feet to 110 feet deep.

Officials say that on Thursday other fisherman and an employ at Tiber Marina noticed an empty boat near the marina.

They initially thought it was just a boat that had broken loose, but the employee later called the sheriff's office.

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