DANE COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – Late Friday night, authorities say a body was recovered from Wisconsin’s Lake Monona while search efforts were ongoing for a boater who went missing a week prior.
Deputies with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office say that around 9:45 p.m. on May 23, search teams recovered a male body while on Lake Monona.
The release states that detectives “will continue their investigation” and the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office will be performing additional testing to confirm the identity of the man.
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Saturday’s release did not specifically note anything about the boater who went missing when a group’s sailboat capsized on Friday, May 16. However, search efforts have been ongoing on Lake Monona for the missing man since last week.
The Dane County Sheriff’s Office would like to thank first responders from the Madison Fire Department, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Fontana Fire Department, along with volunteers from Bruce’s Legacy, Wisconsin K9 SOS Search and Rescue and other community members who assisted in the extensive search efforts over the last week.
Dane County Sheriff’s Office
No additional information was provided.
