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Teen's body recovered from Jackson County lake
STATTS MILL, W.Va. -- Searchers have recovered the body of a 17-year-old boy who apparently drowned while swimming in a Jackson County lake.
Jackson County Emergency Services Director Walter Smittle says the teenager was swimming with a group of boys Wednesday at O'Brien Lake in Staats Mill when he went under water and didn't resurface. The teenager's companions called 911.
Smittle says the boy's identity is being withheld pending notification of family.
The Jackson County Sheriff's Department is investigating.
