Sheriff: Body recovered in southern MN lake confirmed to be missing 25-year-old
UPDATE (April 18): The sheriff's office confirmed that the body was positively identified as Shawn Mooring by the medical examiner.
CLEVELAND TOWNSHIP, Minn. -- Officials in Le Sueur County say a body - presumed to be that of a missing 25-year old man - has been recovered from Silver Lake in southern Minnesota.
According to the county sheriff's office, Shawn Mooring of Cleveland Township has been missing since mid-December of last year.
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On Friday morning, search teams located a body "in the cattails and trees" along Silver Lake, which is located in Cleveland Township. The body found is presumed to be Mooring, the sheriff's office said.
The body is being transported to the Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office for autopsy and positive identification.
