Drowning reported

— Tyler Jeck, 19, a student at Pittsburg (Kan.) State University, jumped off a boat into Beaver Lake to “cool off” Saturday and has not been seen since. The search for the missing teenager entered its third day Monday as cadaver dogs were sent out in boats near the Ventris boat launch.

Jeck was with a group of friends when the incident occurred.

A girl was being pulled on a tube when she fell off and the boat stopped to pick her up.

That’s when Jeck dove into the water, according to law enforcement officials.

On Monday, authorities worked to narrow the search area by coordinating the 911 cell phone transmissions with GPS coordinates, said Capt. Mike Jones, head of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office Field Division.

A high-resolution, infrared camera from the Baxter County Sheriff’s Office was put in the water Monday afternoon so authorities could look some 80-feet deep where, earlier in the day, a cadaver dog alerted handlers of the possible existence of a body.

Members of the Benton and Washington county dive teams, Northeast Benton County Fire Department and Avoca Fire Department, Arkansas Game & Fish Commission and rangers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have also assisted in the search.

On the Record, Pages 6 on 07/20/2011