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Coroner IDs boater found in Carroll County lake

The boater was reported missing after he jumped in the water and did not resurface.
The boater was reported missing after he jumped in the water and did not resurface.
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May 27, 2020

Officials in Carroll County have found and identified the body of a boater who went underwater Monday and did not resurface.

Emergency rescue crews pulled 40-year-old Charlie W. Queen’s body from Lake Buckhorn about 11:15 a.m. Tuesday, Carroll Coroner Keith Hancock confirmed.

Queen’s body was found near a dam in the same general area of where he was last seen before going underwater, Carroll sheriff’s office spokeswoman Ashley Hulsey told AJC.com.

RELATED: Man missing after jumping from boat in Carroll County lake

Crews had been searching the lake for Queen since Monday afternoon. Hulsey said the sheriff’s office received a call about 12:30 p.m. that a man had “jumped off a boat to retrieve an item but didn’t resurface.”

Lake Buckhorn is located about 45 miles west of Atlanta.

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Asia Simone Burns is a watchdog reporter for the AJC. Burns was formerly an intern in AJC’s newsroom and now writes about crime. She is a graduate of Samford University and has previously reported for NPR and WABE, Atlanta’s NPR member station.

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