The search for Roy Reichle of St. Helena, Nebraska concluded Thursday when his body was recovered from the Missouri River. At approximately 8:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, February 16, Cedar County dispatch notified a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Conservation Officer of an overdue individual in the area of the Highway 81 bridge between Nebraska and South Dakota. This culminated in a multi-agency search involving personnel from the National Park Service, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Nebraska State Patrol Troopers including Aviation Support Division and Police Service Dog Division, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks, Yankton County Emergency Management, Cedar County Sheriff’s Office, Cedar County Emergency Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Crofton Volunteer Fire and Rescue, and Wynot Fire Department.

At approximately 12:30 p.m. Thursday, the body of Riechle was discovered and removed from a hole in the ice on a back channel of the river.