Man’s body recovered after saving his child in Rankin County

Authorities say they’ve recovered the body of a Mississippi man who drowned after helping his child out of the water.

Thirty-two year-old Justin Perkins’ body was recovered yesterday after he drowned in the Rankin County side of the Ross Barnett Reservoir on Sunday.

Police say Perkins was on a boat when one of his children playing in the water started panicking. Perkins jumped into the water to save his five-year-old son without wearing his life jacket. Police says Perkins was able to get the child back on the boat, but then disappeared into the water.