Body of missing boater from Knoxville recovered from Douglas Lake
The body of a Knoxville man was recovered June 10, two days after he went missing while boating on Douglas Lake.
Search and recovery teams found the body of David Simanca Molina, 22, at a depth of approximately 81 feet in the Muddy Creek area of Douglas Lake, the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency said in a news release.
Witnesses said Molina was not wearing a personal flotation device when he entered the water from a pontoon boat around 1:30 p.m. June 8 and did not resurface.
His death marks the 11th boating fatality in Tennessee this year, according to the release.
This article originally appeared on Knoxville News Sentinel: Knoxville man's body recovered from Douglas Lake
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