Search For Missing Teenagers is Over

Missing Mobile County Sheriffs Office Divers have recovered the body of the second teenager who drowned on Big Creek Lake.

by Jamie Burch

Published: Tue, March 18, 2008 - 1:54 pm CST Last Updated: Tue, March 18, 2008 - 8:46 pm CST

7:55 p.m.
- “We hope that our efforts will help bring some resolution to the families and friends of these two young men,” said Sheriff Sam Cochran. “Our main concern at this point is that the Fowlers and McDuffies can now begin to find some peace.”

5:29 p.m.
- Timothy McDuffie's father, Johnny, thanked rescue crews for helping find his son's body. He said he's torn up inside because "I lost my buddy."

4:43 p.m.
- Divers have recovered the second body

2:50 p.m.
- 11:30 a.m. sonar picked up an image of the missing teenager's boat
- 12:30 pm. Divers found the 1st body within 15’ of where the boat was found
- The body was taken to the Department of Forensic Sciences in Mobile for positive i.d.
- The body & boat were at the bottom of Big Creek lake in about 25-30’ of water
- The Mobile Co. Sheriff’s Office believes the 2nd body is close to where the second body was found.

1:38 p.m.
Search crews are back out on Big Creek Lake looking for the bodies of two teenagers police believe drowned.
Relatives of 17-year-old Steven Fowler called the Mobile County Sheriff's Office Monday around noon to report Fowler and his cousin, 16-year-old Timothy McDuffie missing. Fowler and McDuffie, who is visiting from Tennessee, were out fishing on a 14-foot boat. Both kids are on spring break.
More than 60 people are taking part in today's search, including dive teams and cadaver dogs. Search crews are also using side scan sonar equipment.

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christie0464 Says:

Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:08 am

I am the cousin of Steven Fowler and was praying they would find him alive but instead i got the shock of my life. It is so devastating, like a nightmare. I am waiting for someone to pinch me to wake me up. God has a reason for everything, sometimes we dont understand, but who are we to question God? I know Steven Fowler and Timothy Mcduffie are in a better place, at peace, probably looking down on all of their family members wondering why we all are so sad. My they rest in peace…I Love you Tammy, Kenneth, Kristen, Aunt Shirley, Wade, Christine, Clint, etc. God will give us strength to make it thorugh this…I Love you all very dearly. Your cousin: Christie Self