BOAT OWNER-OPERATOR-VICTIM LAUNCHED HIS BOAT FROM LOMOND BEACH CLUB LANDING ON THE EAST SIDE OF RED CEDAR LAKE AROUND 12:20PM. OPERATOR WAS HEADING SOUTH ALONG EAST SHORE TOWARD HIS LAKE HOME. A SHORT TIME LATER A WITNESS OBSERVED AN UNOCCUPIED BOAT GOING IN TIGHT CIRCLES & BELIEVED HE HEARD A CRY FOR HELP BUT DID NOT SEE THE VICTIM IN THE WATER. WITNESS LATER WENT TO HIS RESIDENCE TO CALL 911. WITNESS THEN DROVE HIS BOAT TO THE UNOCCUPIED BOAT, NOW BEACHED WITH MOTOR RUNNING. WITNESS SEARCHED FOR THE BOAT OPERATOR BUT DID FIND ANYONE. WIS DNR, COUNTY SHERIFF DEPUTIES, AND VARIOUS DIVE TEAMS SEARCHED THE LAKE  FOR MANY DAYS FOLLOWING THE INCIDENT. THE VICTIM'S BODY NOT FOUND UNTIL 23 DAYS LATER.
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