After a 24-day search, the bodies of Lotus drummer Chuck Morris and his son Charley were discovered.
Nearly a month after the two men went missing while on a kayaking excursion, the body of musician Chuck Morris and his son Charley were discovered this past weekend in Arkansas.
Following a 24-day search for Morris, 47, and Charley, 20, the Benton County Sheriff’s Office revealed on Facebook on Sunday that their remains had been found in the vicinity of Beaver Lake’s Lost Bridge Village.
The statement stated, “Sheriff Shawn Holloway would like to thank all the men and women who donated their time and efforts to help bring closure to the family and recover the two missing men. We also want to thank the family of Chuck and Charley.”
The Morris family stated separately on their GoFundMe website that Charley’s death was determined to be a drowning. The end of the senior Morris’s cause is still unknown.
Morris played drums for the electronic band Lotus, based in Denver, while Charley attended Ohio Wesleyan University. The two had vanished on March 16 while visiting Beaver Lake with family for spring break. They had not been seen since.
Five days after the two men went missing, Lotus confirmed on social media that the search had shifted to a recovery effort.
“We were all hoping for a miracle, but at this point, the search for Chuck and Charley has moved to a recovery,” the band wrote. “While we are deeply grieving, we plan to celebrate Chuck and Charley’s lives, our memories with them, and what they meant to so many people. Thank you to all who have reached out with fond words, stories, emotional and financial support.”
Lotus is planning to commemorate Morris and his son with two benefit concerts at Denver’s Fillmore Auditorium on April 21 and 22. Upcoming shows in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Port Chester, New York, will also benefit the family.
Billing themselves as a “jamtronica” band, Lotus formed at Indiana’s Goshen College in 1998, with Morris joining the lineup about three years later. Over the past 25 years, Lotus has released a total of 13 studio albums and live recordings. Its most recent album, “Bloom & Recede,” was unveiled last year.
