MASON COUNTY, Ky. (WMDJ) – The body of a missing Johnson County man has been recovered from the Ohio River.

Kentucky State Police and emergency crews pulled the body of 47-year old David Blevins, Jr. of Staffordsville, Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. in Mason County.

Blevins had been reported missing on December 19th.

Blevins had eluded authorities during an attempted traffic stop in the Warfield area of Martin County on December 14th. Members of the Kermit Fire Department Swiftwater Rescue team searched the nearby Tug River, along with other personnel, for weeks in search of Blevins.