PALATKA, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say the body of a missing Putnam County sheriff's deputy who fell out of a boat on the St. Johns River has been located.
Sheriff's office spokesman Capt. Joseph Wells tells media outlets in a statement that divers found the body of 35-year-old Deputy Brandee Smith on Saturday afternoon.
Deputies say Smith went missing in the St. Johns Rivers after being thrown overboard in a boating accident Friday near Welaka.
Deputies determined that a boat hit a channel marker, and Smith, who was in the boat with her boyfriend, fell into the water.
Wells says Smith was a mother of four. She had been with the Putnam County sheriff's office since 2012.
