WASHINGTON, Wis. (WFRV) – Early Saturday morning, deputies in Shawano County received a call from concerned family members of a missing man, his body and pickup truck were recovered later that day in Bahr Lake.
According to the Shawano County Sheriff’s Office, the initial call came in at roughly 5:50 a.m. on August 3, where family members of a missing 64-year-old man from the Town of Washington stated they were concerned for him.
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An initial investigation led deputies to believe that he may have been in the area of several local lakes. They later found evidence at Bahr Lake, also located in Washington, that a vehicle had possibly driven into the waters.
With the help of other agencies, the Shawano County Dive Team responded to the lake and found a pickup truck completely submerged. The body of the missing 64-year-old man was then discovered in Bahr Lake.
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The Shawano County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by the following agencies during the incident:
- Shawano County Dive Team
- Shawano Area Fire Department
- Cecil-Washington Fire Department
- Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
- Shawano Police Department
- Tigerton Police Department
- Shawano County Coroner’s Office
No additional information was provided. Local 5 will update this story when new details are released.
