The Illinois River is a long and winding body of water that snakes itself around Cherokee County.
Thousands of people will float down the river each year, but in April 2020, the river revealed a dark secret.
“It was a couple of years after his disappearance, an individual who was by a certain body of water there in Tahlequah came across his skull, and once it was identified as an actual human skull, there was follow up investigation of that area that then led to the discovery of enough of remains in order to make a determination that this was in fact, David Lewis,” said District Attorney, Jack Thorp.
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