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Divers Look For Missing Man in Asylum Lake

Posted at 7:40 PM, Apr 04, 2014
and last updated 2014-04-04 22:25:45-04

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (April 4, 2014) — Dive teams from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office searched Asylum Lake in Kalamazoo for a 56-year-old man who went missing this week.

The lake is a remote body of water. Unless you live off the lake, you have to take the trails to access it.

Around 5:30 pm, a Michigan State Police helicopter did a flyover and examined the lake from above. On Thursday, foot tracks were located leading out to the lake and onto the ice. Police said it’s believed that the man may have fallen into the lake. Friday they didn’t find his body.

Police said the search for the man began Thursday morning after the man’s wife filed a missing persons report. She said her husband didn’t return home after going to Asylum Lake to cross country ski. It’s an activity she said he often did.

Several departments responded on Thursday and Friday, including members of Kalamazoo Public Safety, the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, the Western Michigan University Police Department, Kalamazoo County Emergency Management and state police.

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