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Man found in Lake Erie is Fred Brandon Jr.

Fred BrandonLast week a body was found in Lake Erie at a marina nearEast 55th Street inCleveland Thursday morning.

 

 

The Cleveland Fire Department confirmed it responded to the lake offNorth Marginal Roadjust before noon.

 

According to Cleveland EMS, there was a body discovered there. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office said it is sending a crew to the scene.

The scene of the incident has been identified as being the Gordon Shore Boat Club, and an employee apparently spotted the body.

 

The body was pulled from the water and rescue teams left the area. Officers guarded the body until the medical examiner's office arrived.

Later in the day, the medical examiner's office said the body is a male.

The Brandon Family is saddened to announce that positive identification was made late last night and in fact is our beloved missing family member Fred Brandon Jr.. “We want to thank the community that assisted in the search for him over the past weeks,” in a released statement.

 

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