UPDATE: GREGG COUNTY (KYTX) - The body of Kim Grounds has been recovered in Lake Cherokee. The investigation will continue with the body going to the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas for autopsy.
UPDATE: GREGG COUNTY (TYLER MORNING TELEGRAPH) - The Gregg County Sheriff's Office, along with members of the Texas Department of Public Safety, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Rusk County Sheriff's Office and the Lake Cherokee Patrol were investigating a missing man Tuesday at Lake Cherokee.
They were searching for 44-year-old Kim Grounds of Mount Enterprise, who was visiting family members at the lake.
Grounds was boating with a friend when he went missing, Gregg County investigator Kirk Haddix said.
Circumstances surrounding the disappearance were being investigated.
The Gregg County Sheriff's Office said Tuesday night any additional information about the disappearance would not be available until Wednesday.
GREGG COUNTY (KYTX) -- A search and rescue operation is still underway tonight at a private lake just south of Longview. The Gregg County Sheriff's Department is looking for Kim Grounds, of Mount Enterprise. CBS 19's Abby Broyles has the latest on the search from Lake Cherokee.
We're not far from the Lake Cherokee water department, on private property where neighbors have let us back here to get some footage of the lake. Gregg County Sheriff's Department has had search rescue boats out here all afternoon. At this point investigators aren't releasing much information about what happened. We can tell you the man went missing from a pontoon boat late last night"
Search and rescue teams with the Gregg County Sheriff's Department and DPS were out on the north side of Lake Cherokee Tuesday, looking for 44-year old Kim Grounds of Mount Enterprise.
Investigators say Grounds was on a pontoon boat with a woman Monday night when he went missing. We're told Grounds said he wanted to go for a swim but never came back to shore.
He was reported missing around 2:00 Tuesday morning.
Investigators say the woman was still on the boat - they aren't releasing her name.
The Gregg County Sheriff's Department says grounds was visiting family members at the private lake.
They're trying to piece together the events surrounding grounds's disappearance as they continue to search the water.
The Gregg County Sheriff's Department is still investigating, and at this point, deputies say they do think alcohol was involved.
Sheriff Maxey Cerliano tells us rescue teams will continue their search tonight. Again, investigators aren't releasing the woman's name. We're told she could be from the Rusk County area. Because it is a private lake, those at Lake Cherokee aren't releasing any information about Grounds's disappearance or who he was with.
GREGG COUNTY (KYTX) - Gregg County authorities are on a search and rescue at Lake Cherokee Tuesday morning.
The DPS helicopter, lake patrol and Texas Parks and Wildlife is assisting in the operation near the Lake Cherokee water department.
Gregg County authorities say a man and woman, both in their 40's, were on the lake Monday night. The woman was on a pontoon boat when she says the man decided to go for a swim. He never returned.
Authorities say the couple had been drinking.
They are believed to be from the Rusk County area. Their names have not been released.
