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2 bodies recovered from Lake St. Clair and Detroit River Friday afternoon

By FOX 2 Staff
Updated  June 11, 2021 10:44pm EDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 2 Detroit

ST. CLAIR SHORES, Mich. (FOX 2) - Two bodies were recovered from the water Friday afternoon with one taken from the Detroit River and a second from Lake St. Clair.

The body of an unidentified man was found floating in Lake St. Clair Friday afternoon.

Bodies recovered from Detroit River, Lake St. Clair Friday afternoon

Two bodies were recovered from the water with one taken from the Detroit River and a second from Lake St. Clair Friday afternoon.

A citizen reported seeing the body floating in the water by the Grosse Pointe War Memorial at 4:30 p.m. according to the United States Coast Guard Detroit.  The War Memorial is at 32 Lake Shore Drive.

A USCG boat recovered the body in St. Clair Shores. Officials say the body appeared to have been in the water for a long time.

Earlier in the day a body of a man was taken from the Detroit River after being seen by someone in the 2000 block of Atwater, according to Detroit police.

The man is listed as a John Doe by the Wayne County Medical Examiner currently with no further information available.

Stay with FOX 2 for more information as it becomes available.