Cobb County man found deceased in drowning incident on West Point Lake in Troup County
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A drowning investigation is underway after a Cobb County man was recovered from West Point Lake in Troup County.
The investigation began on March 5, 2024, at 4:45 PM when deputies with the Troup County Sheriff’s Office received a call in regards to an individual from the Cobb County area who had traveled to West Point Lake to go fishing on March 4th and never returned home and was not answering his phone.
“A short time later deputies located the truck and boat trailer that belonged to the person at 1000 Seminole Road (Highland Marina) and immediately began a search for the boat,”authorities said. A short time later the boat was located anchored in a boat slip at Highland Marina unoccupied.
The Department of Natural Resources and the Corp of Engineers were notified to assist in the search for the individual.
“At around 7:30 PM the body of the missing person was recovered from under the water and was pronounced dead,” authorities added.
The male was identified as Lorenzo Reed, 60 years of age, of Cobb County.
Though there were no witnesses to what happened to Mr. Reed, Investigators believe at some point Mr. Reed fell off his boat and drowned. This death comes 3 days after a Carrollton, Georgia, man fell off a boat and died in a drowning incident.
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