The body of a Lexington man who had been missing following a boating accident over the weekend has been recovered from Lake Cumberland.

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, the Russell County Coroner’s Office responded to the Lily Creek area of Lake Cumberland, where officials pronounced 59-year-old Edward L. Plaster of Lexington, Kentucky, deceased.

According to authorities, Mr. Plaster was involved in a boating accident on Saturday morning, Oct. 24th, 2026 and had remained missing until search teams recovered him from the water Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Plaster's body was transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Frankfort, where an autopsy will be performed.

The cause and circumstances surrounding the fatal boating accident remain under investigation by the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife.