Authorities on Monday confirmed what they had suspected very early on: Southfield Fire Chief Keith Rowley had drowned in Lake St. Clair on Friday after jumping off a boat to recover a hat of a friend that had fallen into the water.
Aaron Baskerville of WXYZ reports that authorities recovered his body Monday night in the water about 7 p.m. His body was recovered in about 12 feet of water, about a half mile from the original search area, the Detroit News reports.
Dive teams from the Macomb County and Oakland County Sheriff's Departments had been searching for days.
Four people were on the boat: the 58-year-old chief, the 55-year-old male captain from Troy and two women, 55 and 38, WXYZ reports.
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