ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The body of a missing boater was discovered Sunday, a day after the 24-year-old fell off a boat on Lake Butler in Orange County, sheriff’s officials said.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the man as Igor Pessoa De Oliveira.
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Deputies were called to the lake around 4:15 p.m. Saturday after three people fell off a boat. Two of the boaters were able to get out of the water.
The third person, later identified as De Oliveira, never resurfaced, officials said.
Crews from the Orange County Sheriff’s Office and Orange County Fire Rescue searched for the man using rescue divers and drones.
According to the sheriff’s office, search crews located the body around 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
No other details, including how the boaters fell into the water, have been released.