by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
A pickup truck reported stolen 15 years ago was located Jan. 3 – on the bottom of Mayhew Lake.
The Benton County Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene by an individual who was fishing on the lake. When he lowered a camera down through the ice to look for fish, he saw what appeared to be a pickup truck on the bottom.
Deputies responded and used a camera to look for the truck. It was found in 12 feet of water about 100 yards north of the public access at a point about 25 yards from the west shore of the lake.
Divers found no evidence in or around the truck. A registration search of its license plates showed it once belonged to someone in Graham Township in Benton County.
A retrieval of the truck was considered, but it was determined the ice was too thin for a successful retrieval. It will be recovered in the near future when the ice thickens. The sheriff’s report did not specify what make or model of pickup it is.