A search for a missing man, ended with a body found in Harrison County on Tuesday. Emergency crews spent some of Monday night and most of Tuesday, looking for 32-year old Clinton O’Brien.
Clinton O’Brien disappeared on Wednesday last week, then his abandoned vehicle turned up near the Robinson Dam on Monday. That is the same place where a man’s body, who has yet to be identified, was pulled from the water on Tuesday
“I just hope for the best,” Darrell O’Brien as the search began for his nephew Tuesday morning. For family of Clinton O’Brien, it was a hope for answers that kept them looking.
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“Well, I come down this morning before they all got here and walked the banks up and down through here,” said Darrell O’Brien. So did the Harrison County Search and Rescue team.
After the 32-year old father’s vehicle was found with the keys in the ignition and a flat tire near the dam on Monday, emergency crews didn’t hesitate.
“We felt like with the car being down here and him being missing for so long, that having the keys in the ignition was just a trigger for us that we need to thoroughly make sure that there’s nothing down here,” said Chief Rejeana Craft, with the Harrison County Search and Rescue. Sadly, the workers did find someone.
Fire and search crews spent two hours walking the banks Monday night. On Tuesday, besides a break for the rain, people worked from dawn to dusk with boats and cadaver dogs in the water. After the animals found a scent, officials said it only took a little over an hour to find a body.
“It has been an extremely hard day for us,” said Craft. “It’s hard for us to come out here and look for anybody.” It was especially hard because the team stayed in contact with Clinton O’Brien’s loved ones throughout the search. Now the family is focused on the man they miss.
“He’s a big hearted person. I mean if he could help somebody he’d help somebody,” said Darrell O’Brien.
On Tuesday it was Clinton O’Brien’s family who was helped the most. “We really like to give closure to the family. It is our number one goal,” said Craft.
Officials are hoping to have more information by the morning.
