Crime & Safety
Body Found In Candlewood Lake: Brookfield Police
A body was recovered in the same area where a boater went missing more than two weeks ago, according to reports.
BROOKFIELD, CT — A body was found in Candlewood Lake on Thursday afternoon, according to multiple reports.
FOX 61 reports the body was found in the same area of Candlewood Lake where a 24-year-old man went missing more than two weeks ago.
The Brookfield Police Department responded to the area near Candlewood Inn and Brookfield Bay around 7:30 on May 29 Sunday evening, following a report of a boater who had jumped in the water and had not resurfaced.
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Crews have searched for the person since then.
Brookfield police wrote in an update on Facebook on Thursday that the body of the missing boater has been found.
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The person’s identity hasn’t been released, and the Office of the Chief State Medical Examiner will determine the cause of death, according to the Hartford Courant.
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