Arkansas cop tragically dies saving fiancée's life just hours after proposing

An Arkansas constabulary serviceman drowned aft entering a stream to prevention his fiancée conscionable hours aft proposing to her, according to her mother.

Fred Marsh, 24, of the Rogers Police Department, entered Missouri’s Elk River connected Saturday to assistance different swimmer and did not resurface, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. His fiancée’s parent identified that swimmer arsenic her daughter. Marsh was recovered and pronounced dormant Sunday aft asking his fiancée, Hailey, to wed him Saturday morning.

"They had been unneurotic for 3 beauteous years, and they had a precise beautiful, loving relationship," Sheryl Padgett told KHBS. "Even though legally helium was not my son-in-law, helium volition everlastingly beryllium my son."

The pair, who had been unneurotic for 3 years, were retired canoeing with different mates connected the stream adjacent Noel, Missouri, erstwhile Hailey entered the h2o and began struggling against the existent portion trying to instrumentality to the boat.

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Fred Marsh entered Elk River connected Saturday and was recovered Sunday aft asking his fiancée, Hailey, to wed him that morning. (GoFundMe)

Marsh and a chap Rogers constabulary serviceman who was with them past jumped into the h2o to assistance her, Padgett said. They were capable to determination her to safety, but Marsh became distressed and exhausted, went underwater and ne'er resurfaced, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

"He saw the emotion of his beingness successful distress, and helium was going to assistance his person and bash what a bully quality would do," Padgett said. "He gave his beingness helping idiosyncratic else."

Padgett said Marsh was loving, hardworking and guided by his Christian faith, emphasizing that helium ne'er hesitated erstwhile idiosyncratic needed help.

"There’s thing helium wouldn’t bash for anyone," Padgett said. "You didn’t person to archer him. You didn’t person to beg him. He conscionable was consenting and would leap successful determination and bash immoderate it took to assistance someone."

Padgett said she had mislaid her lone lad successful a fatal mishap 4 years earlier. She began calling Marsh her lad soon aft helium started dating her daughter.

Fred Marsh and his fiancée, Hailey, had been unneurotic for 3 years. (GoFundMe)

"We instantly made a transportation and a bond," she said. "I called him son, and helium called maine mama."

A motorcade escorted Marsh’s assemblage done Northwest Arkansas connected Monday arsenic radical lined up on the way to grant him. Padgett said the effect from instrumentality enforcement and the assemblage showed the interaction Marsh had made connected galore others.

"They made it precise wide that Fred was not conscionable their family, but truthful was my daughter, my household and, adjacent much importantly, Fred’s family," Padgett said.

Marsh was successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Rogers Police Department. He graduated from the Arkansas Law Enforcement Training Academy successful April and lone precocious started moving arsenic an officer.

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Fred Marsh was successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Rogers Police Department. (GoFundMe)

A GoFundMe created for Hailey by her sister to screen her lease, bills and different unforeseen expenses has raised astir $2,000 arsenic of Thursday morning.

"Fred was an upstanding young man- Son, Fiancée, Officer, Brother, Friend, and much to all. We are devastated and volition miss him dearly," the fundraiser reads.

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Funeral arrangements are being handled by Marsh’s family, and Padgett said the household expects officers, erstwhile classmates, puerility friends and others from crossed the authorities to attend.

"Let’s bash thing successful Fred’s honor," Padgett said. "Be benignant to your chap man. When Fred loved, helium loved with everything helium had, and helium loved well."