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A Body Found Off Of Shore At Hoffmaster State Park Is That Of John English

Posted at 12:10 PM, Jul 20, 2013
and last updated 2013-07-20 16:51:34-04

Vigil Held for Missing SwimmerNORTON SHORES, Mich- On Saturday, around 7:00am a Deputy from the Ottawa County Sheriff’s was conducting a shoreline check of the beach on Lake Michigan when the Deputy recovered a body on the waters edge of the beach. The body was recovered at the Hoffmaster State Park located in Muskegon County/Norton Shores City limits.

The body recovered is Mr. John English, 47 years old of Walker Michigan. Mr. English went missing in Lake Michigan on Sunday June 30th 2013 at around 4:00pm after he jumped into Lake Michigan off a boat to go swimming.

The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is awaiting a forensic autopsy on the body to determine the cause of death. Which will be conducted at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing Michigan.