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Wolf Bay drowning victim identified
UPDATE (6/10 11:15 a.m.): Alabama Law Enforcement Agency officials have identified the man whose body was recovered from Wolf Bay near Sapling Point on Sunday, June 8.
55-year-old Dewayne N. Stephens of Orange Beach went missing around 3:45 p.m. Sunday after he jumped in the water off of a 2023 Bentley Legacy 200 Cruise pontoon boat.
Stephens' body was recovered around 10:15 p.m. near where he entered the water.
UPDATE (3:40 p.m.): News 5 is learning more about a drowning in Wolf Bay that left a man dead.
Orange Beach Police Department officials said they, along with the marine police, Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, Alabama Marine Resources and the Orange Beach Fire Department were called to Wolf Bay around 4 p.m. on June 8 for a report of a swimmer in distress.
Officers arrived and said they were able to find that the man jumped off his boat and did not come back out from under the water.
OBPD officials said they were not able to find the man when they arrived, but that Daphne Search and Rescue was eventually able to locate and recover his body with the help of other agencies.
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BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A body has been recovered in Wolf Bay, has learned.
According to law enforcement, a 55-year-old man jumped from a boat into the bay.
He never resurfaced, according to officials.
This story is developing. News 5 will update this article as more information becomes available.
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