Missouri mother drains pond murdered her son's body was dumped in seven years ago HERSELF

A Missouri mother was finally able to reclaim the remains of her murdered son after she drained the pond his body was dumped in seven years ago. In November 2017, the Butler County Sheriff's Department drained part of the pond and found partial remains of Connie's son, enough to convict Eldrid Smith and Rickey Hurt of his murder. Coroner Jim Akers and son Gage, 22, carefully bring Edward Goodwin's remains - along with the cinder blocks that were used to weight his body down - out from the swamp and place them into a kayak while Connie Goodwin watches on Connie Goodwin, 57, stares out over the partially-drained pond where the body of her murdered son, Edward Goodwin, 32, was dumped in 2015 Connie Goodwin was not able to rest until the remains of her son, Edward Goodwin, were recovered from the pond they were dumped in after he was murdered by childhood friends over a drug deal gone wrong Connie told the Riverfront Times that her family drained the pond themselves with rented machinery after five years of delays by local law enforcement. Once the level of the pond was finally drained to the point where the family could see bones, they carefully placed them on a kayak The kayak bearing Edward's remains was pulled to shore by a rope attached to the kayak The pelvis and femurs they recovered were enough to prosecute Smith and Hurt, who were convicted and are now in prison for the murder.