The Camden County Sheriff's Office released new body camera footage from the day they investigated the 2025 drowning of a 2-year-old girl.
The footage was released on Wednesday amid a new lawsuit from the child's parents that accuses deputies of mismanaging the investigation during the search for their daughter.
Iszabelle Obryan was found dead in Bollinger Creek Cove at the Lake of the Ozarks on March 4, 2025. The location was near the family's home, according to a 2025 news release from the sheriff's office.
The new 47-minute video from the Sheriff's Office was posted to social media. The edited video is from the point of view of two deputies and is muted at certain points.
The footage shows deputies talking to the child's stepfather inside a home, the stepfather leading deputies to their camper and deputies searching the camper. The child's mother shows up around halfway through the video and deputies are seen questioning her as well. The mother then leads deputies back to the home, where they talk to the child's siblings.
The search lasted multiple hours with the help of helicopters, drones, boats, K9s and thermal imaging cameras, the sheriff's office said in the 2025 news release.
Sheriff Chris Edgar said in Wednesday's social media post that he made the decision to release the bodycam footage "in light of ongoing public interest and the spread of misinformation regarding deputies' actions during the incident."
"The Sheriff's Office maintains that deputies acted professionally, lawfully and with urgency throughout the search and rescue operation," Edgar said in the social media post. "Body-camera footage from responding deputies clearly reflects accurate timelines, lawful procedures, and the coordinated efforts taken to locate the missing child."
Parents of toddler who drowned in Lake of the Ozarks file lawsuit against state officials
The parents' September lawsuit names various directors and employees of the Missouri Department of Social Services, Missouri Children's Division, Camden County Juvenile Office and Camden County Sheriff's Department as defendants.
They claim detectives on scene interrogated them instead of coordinating rescue efforts, blocked them from entering their home and misused a warrant illegally, according to court documents.
The parents also said detectives staged a scene inside the home by gathering medical marijuana items and clothing with marijuana emblems to "manufacture an impression of criminal endangerment."
The Sheriff's Office first denied the parents' version of events in a September social media post.
"While we fully respect the legal process, the allegations made in the lawsuit are factually false and misrepresent the actions of Sheriff's Office personnel," Edgar wrote in the September social media post.
In that same post, Edgar also refuted that deputies illegally searched the home and said they entered the residence only after the family gave consent.
The parents are seeking a jury trial in this case.