(Winterset, Iowa) – The Winterset Police Department reports the body of a local man missing since Jan. 18th, 2024, was discovered inside of a vehicle that was submerged in a Howard County, Arkansas lake, August 4th. Authorities say with the assistance of a dive team, a Ford Taurus with Iowa license plates was recovered from Gillham Lake,  a 1,370-acre reservoir, located in Howard and Polk Counties, in Arkansas. Inside the vehicle, was the body of 25-year-old Joshua Graham-Caskey, from Winterset.

Graham-Caskey went missing following a 9-1-1 call he placed to the Madison County Sheriff’s Office dispatch center. He and his vehicle were last seen on video at a gas station in Mena, Arkansas, on January 19th, 2024. The car was found about 30-minutes south of Mena. The Howard County, AR Sheriff’s Department said there was no evidence of foul play.