Lake draining under way on crematory grounds

NOBLE - Officials have started draining the lake on the grounds of the Tri-State Crematory in Noble. <br> <br> They dropped the water level about six inches Monday. The lake is eight feet deep at its deepest point. Authorities say flat-bottomed boats may go out onto the mud that&#39;s left behind as early as Friday. <br> <br> Officials fear more bodies could be buried in the lake. So far 339 corpses have been discovered on the crematory grounds. Ninety-seven of those corpses have been identified. <br> <br> Search teams found no new bodies Monday. The state medical examiner says they did find some scattered remains.

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