2 dogs added to search in Oklahoma for missing Backroad Anthem singer

Vocalist Craig Strickland (right) and Eric Dysart perform in April as the Fayetteville band Backroad Anthem plays a set at the FLW Expo on the final day of the Walmart FLW Tour at Beaver Lake at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers .
Vocalist Craig Strickland (right) and Eric Dysart perform in April as the Fayetteville band Backroad Anthem plays a set at the FLW Expo on the final day of the Walmart FLW Tour at Beaver Lake at the John Q. Hammons Center in Rogers .

The search for a missing country music singer from Arkansas has resumed at a north Oklahoma lake.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the search for 29-year-old Craig Strickland resumed early Saturday on the north end of Kaw Lake, south of the Oklahoma-Kansas state line.

The patrol has been using search dogs, boats with sonar and drag lines and a helicopter in the search. Patrol Lt. Kera Philippi said two dogs were added to the search Saturday.

Strickland is the lead singer of the Arkansas-based country-rock band Backroad Anthem. He disappeared during severe storms Sunday while on a duck hunting trip with friend Chase Morland.

The pair's capsized boat was found Sunday, along with Strickland's dog, which was alive. Morland's body was recovered from the lake Monday.

Upcoming Events