The Cass River is a 61.5-mile-long river in the Thumb region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It drains large portions of Sanilac and Tuscola counties and smaller portions of Genesee, Huron, Lapeer, and Saginaw counties. From Wikipedia
Robert Loren Bacon, 52, was last seen at a family gathering on December 27 before being discovered drowned in the Cass River over a week later.