THE ORCHARD LAKE POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE DISPATCHED TO THE AREA OF 4800 WILLOW LANE.  THE 911 CALLER HAD REPORTED THAT TWO IDIVIDUALS WERE SWIMMING AND ONE HAD NOT RESURFACED.  INFORMATION GATHRED ON SCENE WAS THE TWO PEOPLE HAD GONE SWIMMING.  OPERATOR OF VESSEL 1 AND VICTIM JUMPED INTO THE WATR.  SOON AFTER, VICTIM WAS SHOCKED AT HOW COLD IT WAS AND HE BEGAN TO PANIC. VESSEL OPERATOR GOT OUT OF THE WATER AND SAW VICTIM BEGIN TO STRUGGLE SO HE THREW HIM A LIFE JACKET.  VICTIM THEN WENT BELOW THE SURFACE AND DID NOT COME BACK UP.  DIVERS WERE DEPLOYED AT THE LAST SEEN POINT.  SIDE SCAN SONAR WAS USED TO SEARCH THE AREA WHERE VICTIM WAS BELIEVED TO BE IN.  A HIT MATCHING THE TARGET DESCRIPTION WAS LOCATED AND MARKED WITH A BUOY.  THEY LOCATED VICTIM ON THE BOTTOM OF THE LAKE.  HE WAS RECVERED AND TRANSFERRED TO DIVE 1.  DIVE 1 CONVEYED VICTIM TO THE ORCHARD LAKE DNR BOAT LAUNCH WHEERE THE WEST BLOOMFIELD FIRE DEPARTMENT RAN A TELEMETRY STRIP.  DOCTOR OF HENRY FORD HOSPITAL PRONOUNCED HIM DEAD.  OAKLAND COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINER'S OFFICE COMPLETED THEIR INVESTIGATION AND TOOK CUSTODY OF THE BODY.
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