The search for the missing teenager who vanished during a boat trip to the landmark known as ‘Sex Rock’ has come to a tragic end as police discovered her body Sunday afternoon.
Marly Kinney, 19, was last seen at Grayson Lake, Kentucky, about 180 miles east of Louisville, around 4pm Wednesday.
Cameron Conley, 23, told Grayson Lake Marina staff that he was unable to find a female passenger on the boat he was operating, per a citation filed in Carter District Court viewed by FOX 56.
Officials with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources recovered Kinney’s lifeless body near Grayson Lake at 3.45pm, about five days after she was reported missing, according to TMZ.
The teenager’s cause of death has not been released and is still under review by the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Frankfort.
This follows the arrest of the boat captain Conley after police said his blood alcohol was allegedly twice the legal limit.
As Conley spoke to state police, officers noted that they smelled alcohol on him, according to the citation viewed by the outlet.
19-year-old Marly Kinney vanished Wednesday at Grayson Lake, Kentucky, roughly 200 miles east of Louisville
A woman who said she was boating with her family near Kinney and her group of friends shared a photo of them jumping from a rock known by locals as ‘Sex Rock’
It was also allegedly noticed that Conley’s eyes were bloodshot and glassy.
The boat captain allegedly admitted to drinking alcohol and agreed to a preliminary breath test.
Conley’s blood alcohol level was allegedly measured at .137, about two times the legal limit in Kentucky.
His blood alcohol level was allegedly measured again at .135 approximately 20 minutes later, according to the outlet.
Conley was charged with operating a boat while intoxicated or under the influence.
He was arrested and taken to the Carter County Detention Center, but has since been released.
Conley is set to be arraigned on July 22, according to Kentucky court records viewed by the Daily Mail.
Kinney follows a man with the same name as Cameron Conley on her public Instagram account
Authorities are still searching for Kinney. On Saturday, the Kentucky State Police told the Daily Mail that the weather ‘remains an issue’
Kinney’s public Instagram account showed that she followed a man with the same name as Conley.
A spokesperson for the Kentucky State Police told the Daily Mail on Saturday afternoon that Conley did not face any charges other than DUI for operating the boat impaired.
