![](https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpress/wp-content/blogs.dir/2431/files/2023/07/leech-lake-map.jpg)
WALKER, Minn. – The Cass County, Minnesota Sheriff’s Office says the body of a man was recovered from Leech Lake. Sheriff Bryan Welk says they received a report late Monday afternoon about a fisherman who had failed to return to his home.
Deputies started searching the Leech Lake area on land, by boat, and by air. They found the fisherman’s boat on the east shore Monday night but he was not located.
The lake search resumed Tuesday morning. Around 6:30 p.m., the body of the 71-year-old man, from Walker, Minnesota was found in the area where his boat had been found earlier.
An autopsy is scheduled with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Comments