Crime & Safety
Updated: Man's Body Found in Lake Allatoona
The Cherokee County dive team finds Friday's drowning victim near Harbor Town Marina.
Updated: Tuesday 1:50 p.m.
The man that went missing Friday afternoon in Lake Allatoona was found this morning.
Cyrille A. Leuekwe Tchippe, 28, of Woodstock was found by the Cherokee County dive team at 6:50 a.m. He was found near the where he went missing, said Tim Cavender, the spokesman for the Cherokee County Fire and Emergency Services.
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Cherokee County Training Chief Eddie Robinson made the search passive Sunday after they stopped at 9:20 p.m. The rescuers have been using just boats since then to locate Leuekwe Tchippe.
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office have been helping the county's Fire and Emergency Services since they received the call Friday at 7:15 p.m. The Forsyth County's Water Rescue Team joined the search Sunday when the weekend's efforts were unsuccessful.
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Leuekwe Tchippe was on an outing with his employer when he jumped off the boat and never resurfaced.
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