Follow-Up: Body of Missing Fisherman Douglas Brooks, 48, Recovered From Kingsland Bay on Lake Champlain After Three-Day Search
The Vermont State Police said on Tuesday, Nov. 10, that its Underwater Recovery Team located the body of a man in Kingsland Bay on Lake Champlain in Ferrisburgh, Addison County, Vermont, at about 12:40 p.m. The man was identified as Douglas Brooks, 48, of Burlington, who fell from a fishing boat and went missing on Nov. 7. The body was brought to shore for transport to the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington, where an autopsy will be performed to confirm his identity and determine the cause and manner of death.
Brooks fell into Kingsland Bay from a small fishing boat at about 4:05 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, according to a companion who was also on the boat. He was not wearing a life jacket, and the companion's attempt to search for him was unsuccessful. State police troopers, wardens from the Vermont Department of Fish & Wildlife, the U.S. Coast Guard and the Ferrisburgh Fire Department responded to the bay that evening, and the Coast Guard continued search efforts through the night.
Crews including the state police Underwater Recovery Team, the Coast Guard and a U.S. Border Patrol airplane crew searched throughout Sunday, Nov. 8, without finding him, and the search continued from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 9. On Tuesday, the New York State Police Underwater Recovery Team assisted in the search. State police said there are no indications that the disappearance is suspicious and thanked the local, state and federal agencies that assisted.
The case, No. 26B5004806, is being handled by the state police barracks in New Haven. Anyone with information that might assist can call 802-388-4919.
(Source: Vermont State Police)
Source: Vermont State Police
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Photo: 图：尚普兰湖（资料图，非搜寻现场）。经 Wikimedia Commons，CC BY-SA 4.0。 / Photo: Lake Champlain (file photo, not the search scene). Via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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