articleAn Arkansas police officer drowned after entering a river to save his fiancée just hours after proposing to her, according to her mother. "They had been together for three beautiful years, and they had a very beautiful, loving relationship," Sheryl Padgett told KHBS. They were able to move her to safety, but Marsh became distressed and exhausted, went underwater and never resurfaced , according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Padgett said Marsh was loving, hardworking and guided by his Christian faith, emphasizing that he never hesitated when someone needed help. "They made it very clear that Fred was not just their family, but so was my daughter, my family and, even more importantly, Fred’s family," Padgett said.