KATHRYN, ND (NewsDakota.com) – The search for Mark Davies of Valley City ended Thursday, September 26th after authorities recovered his body inside his submerged vehicle. He had been missing for five weeks. The last contact family members had with Davies was August 23rd.
Earlier this week, Barnes County Sheriff Randy McClaflin asked the US Army Corps of Engineers to lower the Sheyenne River so crews could recover the submerged vehicle. The body and vehicle were recovered in the river near a bridge about a mile north of Kathryn, ND on Thursday.
McClaflin said it appears that Mark Davies was traveling south on County Road 21 when his vehicle left the roadway and entered the Sheyenne River on August 23rd. The vehicle recovered was registered to Mark Davies. The body was located inside the vehicle. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
The Barnes County Sheriff’s office and the Valley City Police Department would like to thank all citizens, Valley City Barnes County Search and Rescue, Stutsman County Search and Rescue, Barnes County Ambulance, North Dakota Highway Patrol, North Dakota Bureau of Criminal Investigation, North Dakota Game and Fish Department, Jamestown Police Department, Stutsman County Sheriff’s Office, U.S Army Corps of Engineers at Baldhill Dam and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service and Gille Auto for their assistance in recovering the vehicle from the river.
He said anyone with additional information about this incident should call the Barnes County Sheriff’s office or the Valley City Police Department.
