LENAWEE COUNTY, Mich. — Police have located the body of a 22-year-old Gibraltar, Michigan man who went missing in Silver Lake in Lenawee County early on Saturday after they say he went under water and failed to come up.
The Lenawee County Sheriff’s Office says crews located Joseph Richard Hedke, around 7 p.m. on Sunday after searching the water and shoreline for two days.
The man went missing around 2:20 a.m. on Saturday
Witnesses say the man dove from a boat, which was traveling at a “fairly good speed”, before possibly being hit by the boat and going under the water.
The sheriff’s office says there were five people on the boat, including the missing man, when the incident happened.
When they failed to locate him after he went under, they called 911.
Dive crews from at least three law enforcement agencies took part in the search.
The search was suspended on Saturday evening around 8:30 p.m. and continued on Sunday around 6 a.m.
Bevier says six boats were engaged in the search along with multiple divers. Drones were also deployed in the search.
Police believe alcohol may have played a factor in the man’s disappearance.
If you have any information you are asked to call Sheriff Troy Bevier at 517-263-0524.
Silver Lake is north of Devil’s Lake in the Irish Hills area of Lenawee County.
Bevier says this is the first drowning to take place in Lenawee County this summer.
This is a developing story. Stay with WTOL 11 on air and online for more information as it becomes available.
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