Chicago Heights Fishermen Found Dead in Monee Reservoir

Booker Kennedy, 74, and Curtis Scott, 51, of Chicago Heights were both found dead in the Monee Reservoir, Will County officials say.

Bruce Hodgdon, a spokesman for the Forest Preserve District of Will County, told Tribune reporters the two men had rented a boat with a trolling motor from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, and were seen moving away from the dock around 6:50 p.m. After the men's boat was seen upright in the lake, the Monee Fire Protection District was called.

Fire Chief Carl Nieland told the Chicago Tribune: 

His department was called to the scene about 9 p.m. Nieland said his department pulled together two dive teams who then did a surface search in boats, using sonar to scan under the water. About 11:15 p.m., they found Kennedy, he said.

Nieland’s crew returned today to look for Scott and found him about 1:30 p.m.

Hodgdon said no eyewitnesses saw what led to the two men's death, and it is being investigated by the Will County Forest Preserve Police.