The body of a woman who fell from a moving pontoon boat into Kentucky Lake Sunday night was recovered Tuesday morning.
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials tell WPSD TV that the body of 22-year old Samantha Ratledge of Scott City, Missouri was recovered about 10 a.m. in an area of Kentucky Lake in Calloway Count near Paradise Resort.
Ratledge was on the boat with six other people at about 8 p.m. Sunday when she crossed the front safety rail and fell overboard. She was not wearing a life jacket and those on the boat were unable to locate her.
An autopsy was scheduled for Wednesday at the Regional Medical Examiner’s Office in Madisonville.
The driver of the boat, 49-year old James Nance of Calloway County, was arrested and charged with boating while under the influence of alcohol.