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Body of missing man, 19, found in Lake Mead

Searchers found the body of a missing man near Lake Mead’s Echo Bay on Sunday.

His identity was not released.

National Park Service spokesman Andrew Munoz said the body is thought to be of a 19-year-old man from Las Vegas. He went missing at the lake about 12:30 p.m. Sunday.

The body was discovered in about 12 feet of water about 4 p.m. by divers with the Metropolitan Police Department, Munoz said.

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