Body recovered from retention pond in Ann Arbor believed to be missing man, sheriff's office says

The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office says a body recovered from a retention pond in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on Friday is believed to be that of a 24-year-old man who went missing on Monday.

Deputies responded to the 2900 block of Bateson Court in Ann Arbor Township, Michigan, on Monday afternoon for a report of a missing person. The sheriff's office says loved ones of the man, from Detroit, were staying with friends from a local church and had gone missing during the morning hours of the same day. 

Officials then started a search and investigation. 

On Friday morning, Ann Arbor police officers were called to a retention pond near the 2700 block of South Knightsbridge Circle for a body that was floating in it. This area is on the north side of Ann Arbor, south of U.S. 23. 

"We believe the subject found is the missing 24-year-old man who went missing from Ann Arbor Township," the sheriff's office said in a news release on Saturday.

The identity of the man has yet to be disclosed by officials.