Craig Strickland

Craig Michael Strickland (June 2, 1986 – December 27, 2015) was an American country singer and the lead vocalist for the Arkansas-based band, Backroad Anthem, which formed in 2012.[1]

Born in Alma, Arkansas, Strickland married former Miss Arkansas USA Helen Elizabeth Wisner on November 29, 2014.[2]

Strickland and a friend, Chase Morland, had gone to an area known as Bear Creek Cove, at Kaw Lake[3] to hunt for ducks. Morland drowned after the 1977 Flat Bottom John Boat they were in capsized, while Strickland swam to shore, but later succumbed to hypothermia.[4] The area had been experiencing severe inclement weather due to Winter storm Goliath, including ice, sleet, wind gusts, and freezing temperatures.

His body was discovered on January 4, 2016 after last being seen on December 27, 2015. It was determined by Oklahoma Highway Patrol that Strickland's body had been difficult to locate due to the camouflage hunting gear he had been wearing at the time of his death.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Country Singer Craig Strickland Died from Hypothermia, Wife Says". The Weather Channel. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  2. ↑ Craig Strickland
  3. ↑ "Backroad Anthem Singer Craig Strickland Found Dead". Taste of Country. Retrieved 2016-01-07.
  4. ↑ "Singer Craig Strickland made it out of lake before succumbing to hypothermia". Fox News. 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  5. ↑ "Craig Strickland's body took a week to find because of camouflage gear". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-01-07.


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