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Divers recover body of missing man from Angelina County lake

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ANGELINA COUNTY, Texas (KTRE) - Authorities recovered the body of a man reported missing from a boat on Kurth Lake on Tuesday.

The Lufkin Police Department said officers, deputies, game wardens and sheriff’s office divers responded to a call about a man going missing from his boat at about 1 p.m.

The release says his boat was found in a cove, and emergency responders searched the area with rescue boats with drones. Divers later located his body not far from his boat, police said.

A justice of the peace has ordered an autopsy.

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