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Officials Identify Body Pulled from Eastern Nebraska Lake

dodge-county-sheriff(AP) — Officials have released the name of a 24-year-old man whose body was recovered from an eastern Nebraska lake.

The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office identified the man as Samuel Hernandez-Lopez, of Schuyler.

Authorities were called to Victory Lake at the Fremont Lakes State Recreation Area a little before 6 p.m. Sunday.

Witnesses say the man had gone into the water with some other people and was about 30 feet from shore when he went under. Dodge County Sheriff Steve Hespen says the people he was with tried to find him and then called 911.

The Fremont dive team recovered the body in 10-12 feet of water around 6:30 p.m.

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