Drowning Victim Identified

July 22, 2021
By: Dwayne Page

The woman who lost her life while swimming in Smith Fork Creek at Liberty Wednesday afternoon has been identified as 31 year old Porsche Lynn Cantrell of Cedar Street Liberty.

The body was recovered from the creek underneath the bridge on Highway 70 and sent to the State Medical Examiner’s office for an autopsy.

In a statement, Sheriff Patrick Ray said that” On July 21 at 5:34 p.m. central dispatch received a call about a female who drowned. The female and two other people were swimming in the creek under the bridge. The location of the incident was the bridge at the intersection of Highway 70 and Liberty to Dismal Road. The Smithville/DeKalb Rescue Squad was summoned to the scene to assist law-enforcement by getting the body to the top of the hill. We are not releasing the name of the body yet. The body was sent to the State Medical Examiner‘s office for an autopsy. DeKalb EMS and members of the DeKalb County Medical Examiners were also on the scene,” said Sheriff Ray

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