April 30, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The body of a 36 year old Putnam County man was recovered from Center Hill Lake Wednesday afternoon.
Dead is Quinn Hogan.
The search for Hogan began after TWRA officers responded to a call of a missing angler on Center Hill Lake, just after 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 29.
Hogan was reported missing by a friend. He had reportedly gone fishing on the lake the previous afternoon (Tuesday) and friends looking for Hogan, found his truck at Cookeville boat dock Wednesday. Three TWRA and two Smithville-DeKalb County Rescue Squad boats searched and found Hogan’s bass fishing boat around 12:30 p.m. The boat was adrift in a cove near Cookeville Boat Dock.
TWRA officers used GPS forensic tracking to determine the area where the boat went adrift. The TWRA Remote Operated Vehicle was deployed and quickly located Hogan’s body at 4:30 p.m. in eight feet of water, despite heavy rains in the area. Hogan’s body was recovered near the area the boat was found.
Hogan was wearing a self-inflating personal floatation device. The device was not inflated. The body was recovered and taken to the Davidson County Medical Examiner’s office. The incident remains under investigation.
As weather warms and boating activities increase, TWRA reminds boaters to wear life jackets and let friends and family know your plans. Find more about safe boating at tnwildlife.org.