By Associated Press - Monday, April 4, 2016

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities in Shawnee County, Kansas, are investigating the death of a man whose body was found in Lake Shawnee.

Sheriff Herman Jones says someone in a sailboat spotted the body Monday afternoon about 25 yards from a yacht dock and summoned authorities.

A wildlife park department worker put a boat in the water and retrieved the body.



The man’s identity was not immediately released.

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