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Body Found After Weeks-Long Search For Missing Man In Candlewood Lake, Officials Report Body Found After Weeks-Long Search For Missing Man In Candlewood Lake, Officials Report
Body Found After Weeks-Long Search For Missing Man In Candlewood Lake, Officials Report The Connecticut State Police Dive Team has recovered the body amid a search for a 24-year-old man who went missing in a lake last month. The 24-year-old man was reported missing on Sunday, May 29, after he went from a vessel into Candlewood Lake, the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection reported. Patrol vessels and dive teams searched for the man each daily from the day he was reported missing until a body was found on Thursday, June 16, DEEP reported. Officials said the body was found in the same area of the lake where the man went missing. The Office of the Chie…

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by Nicole Valinote
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CT Man Found Dead Near Overturned Canoe, Police Say CT Man Found Dead Near Overturned Canoe, Police Say
CT Man Found Dead Near Overturned Canoe, Police Say A Connecticut man who was reported missing has been found dead near an overturned canoe in a lake. The man was found early Tuesday, June 8, in Winchester Lake in Litchfield County, said Will Healey with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The man, whose name is being withheld pending notification of his family, was reported missing on Monday, June 7, Healey said. DEEP Environmental Conservation Police responded to the lake where the Winchester Fire Department recovered the deceased man near an overturned canoe. His vehicle was located near the Winchester Lake boat…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Body Pulled From Housatonic River In Connecticut Body Pulled From Housatonic River In Connecticut
Body Pulled From Housatonic River In Connecticut State EnConn Police are investigating the death of a hiker who was found dead in a lake at one of Connecticut's favorite parks. The man, who was reported missing by others he was hiking with, was found around 9:30 p.m., Sunday, April 4, in Lake Lillinonah located at Lover's Leap State Park on the Housatonic River,  in New Milford, said DEEP Spokesman Will Healey.  Officials responded to the park after received word of the missing hiker who was last seen by those he was with from an overlook within the park, Healey said. The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DE…

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by Kathy Reakes