Friday April 19th, 2024 11:34AM

Boy, 6, found dead in Lake Allatoona

By The Associated Press
ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) -- Authorities have recovered the body of a 6-year-old boy from Lake Allatoona, northwest of Atlanta.<br /> <br /> A Cherokee County sheriff's spokesman says Corday Dimilo Duffy of College Park had gone missing Friday night from his family's campsite near water's edge.<br /> <br /> Sheriff's Lt. Jay Baker said his body was found early Saturday morning in about four to five feet of water and almost 25 to 30 feet from the shore.<br /> <br /> Baker said there was a large log leading from the shore into the water near where Duffy's body was found.<br /> <br /> Baker tells The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (http://on-ajc.com/1se2UBW ) that it appeared the boy might have walked out on the log and then fell in water just over his head.
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