Sheriff releases video of response to toddler's drowning

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 22:48 · Archive

The Camden County Sheriff's Office has released body camera footage of deputies' response to a two-year-old girl's drowning at Lake of the Ozarks.

The Camden County Sheriff's Office in Missouri released body camera footage on Thursday, October 8, showing deputies' response to the drowning of two-year-old Iszabella Haas at Lake of the Ozarks in March 2025. The child went missing and her body was later found near her family's property in Bollinger Creek Cove.

Sheriff Chris Edgar said the footage was released because of continued public interest and misinformation about the deputies' actions. The video shows the timeline, procedures and coordinated efforts to find the child, involving the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Linn Creek Police, Camden County emergency management officials and fire departments. Forty-seven minutes of edited footage shows deputies entering the family's mobile home and camper and questioning the parents about Iszabella's disappearance. Portions were redacted to protect family privacy.

The footage release follows a civil lawsuit filed by Iszabella's parents, Justin Haas and Katelee O'Bryan, against detectives Andrew Morgan and Dakota McGuire. The lawsuit claims deputies used hostile and manipulative questioning tactics instead of searching for the child, and alleges they staged evidence to portray the parents as negligent. Sheriff Edgar denied these allegations, stating that deputies entered the home with the family's consent to help search and that the lawsuit's claims are entirely false.

According to the Sheriff's Office, after the extensive search, Edgar and a deputy found the child in the lake and lifesaving measures were attempted.

How it is being reported

• Camden County, Mo., releases body cam video from 2025 toddler drowning responseThe Camden County Sheriff’s Office has released body camera video from deputies’ response to the 2025 drowning of a two-year-old girl.KY3 · 8 Oct, 22:15
• Sheriff’s Office releases video of search for 2-year-old at Lake of the OzarksThe Camden County Sheriff's Office has released video of the search for a 2-year-old at Lake of the Ozarks.KCTV5 · 8 Oct, 16:23

In this story: Camden County Sheriff's Office · Iszabella Haas · Justin Haas · Katelee O'Bryan · Chris Edgar · Andrew Morgan · Dakota McGuire · Lake of the Ozarks

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