{"id":1033,"date":"2015-12-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2015\/2015\/12\/31\/update-country-singer-craig-strickland-found-dead\/"},"modified":"2015-12-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T00:00:00","slug":"update-country-singer-craig-strickland-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2015\/2015\/12\/31\/update-country-singer-craig-strickland-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Singer Craig Strickland Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE 1\/4\/16:<\/strong> Craig Strickland\u00a0was found\u00a0dead\u00a0today. Here&#8217;s the post from the\u00a0Ponca City News:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=1015801361811705&amp;id=137888652936318&amp;substory_index=0\" data-width=\"500\">\n<div class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>The body of country singer Craig Strickland was found Monday north of Bear Creek Cove on Kaw Lake by a state game ranger&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Original post:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The search for Backroad Anthem vocalist Craig Strickland continues. Strickland, 29,\u00a0and his friend Chase Morland, 22, set out for a late-night duck hunting trip on Sunday, Dec. 27 on Kaw Lake in Ponca City, Oklahoma.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-97280 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Craig-Strickland-2.jpg\" alt=\"Craig Strickland 2\" width=\"735\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Backroad Anthem posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BackroadAnthem\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">their Facebook page<\/a> that Craig&#8217;s father, Randy Strickland, texted the band informing them that they haven&#8217;t had any contact within 24 hours from Craig or Chase and feared the worse.<\/p>\n<p>Weather conditions that night saw a mixture of rain, sleet and snow with 45 mph winds making it around 15 degrees.<\/p>\n<p>Morland tweeted what seemed to be a joke and not distress, even though they were traveling through some rough weather, turned serious hours later. Craig Strickland retweeted Morland&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n<p>Morland\u00a0tweeted late Saturday night:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-97278 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screenshot_2015-12-31-00-18-442.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2015-12-31-00-18-44[2]\" width=\"321\" height=\"423\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Morland was found dead at the lake by State Troopers on Monday morning, Dec. 28, near Tulsa. Their boat was also found which seemed to have capsized in the water. Strickland&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/2023\/10\/08\/keanu-reeves-and-dogstar-rock-niagara-falls\/\">dog<\/a> Sam was found alive and well sitting next to the body of Morland. Police have stated that no flotation devices were found.<\/p>\n<p>Strickland&#8217;s wife Helen, who is a former Miss Arkansas USA, has sent out several tweets over the last few days updating the search rescue efforts while remaining hopeful that Craig will be found and\u00a0asking fans to pray for him.<\/p>\n<p>Backroad Anthem released several statements through social media since they\u00a0been made aware of the news of\u00a0Strickland&#8217;s disappearance. In their statement, the band says that Craig is the most passionate person they know. The statement went on to say that his passion for music and the stage has kept them going miles and miles down the road. &#8220;Craig is an amazing person, husband, son, bandmate, and most certainly best friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-97284 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Screenshot_2015-12-31-00-42-141.jpg\" alt=\"Screenshot_2015-12-31-00-42-14[1]\" width=\"311\" height=\"462\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE 1\/4\/16: Craig Strickland\u00a0was found\u00a0dead\u00a0today. Here&#8217;s the post from the\u00a0Ponca City News: The body of country singer Craig Strickland was found Monday north of Bear Creek Cove on Kaw Lake by a state game ranger&#8230; Original post:\u00a0 The search for Backroad Anthem vocalist Craig Strickland continues. 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