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On a deceptively mild December day in 2001, three Kansas State University students embarked on a sailing trip that would end in tragedy. Eighteen-year-old Christopher Nathan Shipley, along with his friends Kyle Chapman and Timothy Michael Bennett, decided to take advantage of the unseasonably warm weather and go sailing on Tuttle Creek Lake in Riley County, Kansas, after their classes on December 4th. The three young men, all experienced sailors and qualified sailing instructors, set out from th ...Read More
Last Seen: Dec 04, 2001

Victim Details

Jan 27, 2026

Jan 27, 2026

Christopher

Nathan Shipley

18

18

5'9 inches

130 lbs

White

Male

Dec 04, 2001

Riley County

Kansas

Riley County

Riley County Police Department

05/21/2026