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Missing Butte man found dead in Missouri River at Toston Dam

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According to the Gallatin County Sheriff’s Office, the body of 73-year-old Ronald Lowny of Butte was recovered Sunday.

Lowny was reported missing on April 10. In a media release, the Sheriff’s Office said Search and Rescue had been searching the area of Drouillard Fishing Access near Three Forks in Gallatin County after Lowny’s vehicle was found there on April 14.

On Sunday morning, according to the Sheriff’s Office, Broadwater County Sheriff’s Deputies, Broadwater Search and Rescue along with Gallatin County Sheriff’s Investigators and Coroner responded to a body in the Missouri River at Toston Dam.

The Gallatin County coroner confirmed in the release that the cause of Lowny’s death was drowning.

We will update this story with any further information we receive.

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