BASED ON INFORMATION TO DATE:  Victim was Teak Surfing/Platform Dragging at approximately idle speed in the Nine Mile Creek embayment of Tellico Lake approximately 1000 feet downstream of the Hwy 72 East bridge. Victim disappeared from the swim platform without witness. Victim's body was recovered two days later by a Rescue Squad Drag Team. Awaiting autopsy report to determine reason for drowning.
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