CLEVELAND — A body was found in Lake Erie at the Cleveland Lakefront Nature Preserve located at 8701 Lakeshore Blvd. on Thursday, the U.S. Coast Guard has confirmed to 3News.
The body was discovered on Thursday afternoon, after a concerned citizen on E. 72 reported a body out on the water to Cleveland Fire and Cleveland Metroparks PD at 12:34 p.m. The Coast Guard station in Cleveland was notified, but because of ice on the water, they couldn't get out to the body.
A team effort with the Cleveland Fire Department was able to send out a small boat to recover the body
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