Mother, daughter drown in Yokum Creek
(Local News ~ 06/20/11)
A Green Forest mother and her 8-year-old daughter drowned Friday afternoon in Yokum Creek. The mother's 3-year-old son miraculously survived after being pulled from the creek and given CPR. Leydi Yolanda Marin-Lopez, 30, and her daughter, Veronica Lopez, both drowned after the daughter fell from a steep ledge and into deep water. The mother got on a raft and tried to save her but fell out of the raft and drowned...