LAKELAND (FOX 13) - Deputies in Polk County say they've found the body of a Lakeland boater who was reported missing this morning.
According to the sheriff’s office, Charles Stewart was last seen on a kayak with his girlfriend on Scott Lake early this morning. According to Shaleen Mathews, their two-person kayak began taking on water and capsized.
The pair did not take life jackets with them on the kayak, and Mathews said there had been an "unknown amount" of alcohol consumption," according to deputies.