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Body pulled from Chautauqua Lake following missing boater

The Sheriff's Office says they have recovered a body following a search for a man who went missing on Chautauqua Lake Saturday.

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY - The Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office confirmed Monday evening that they have located the body of a boater who went missing on Chautauqua Lake Saturday.

The Sheriff's Office says they received the call at 5:30 p.m. Saturday for 47-year-old Timothy Yocum from Falconer.

They believe he may have jumped into the water to swim and then went missing.

After two days of searching, Sheriff Joe Gerace says a body, presumed to be Yocum, was discovered around 3 p.m. Monday.

Tests confirmed that the body was indeed that of Yocum.

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