By Associated Press - Thursday, April 24, 2014

RIVERSIDE, Ala. (AP) - Authorities have found the body of a Riverside man who fell from a fishing boat into a St. Clair County lake on Sunday.

WBMA-TV reports that authorities found Willie Hienz Cosby’s body on Thursday afternoon in Logan Martin Lake (https://bit.ly/1lKHCsG). St. Clair County Sheriff Billy Murray says in a statement that the body was found in the area of the lake where police have been searching since Monday.

Cosby, 48, fell out of his fishing boat around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday. His wife, Darla Roper, swam to the shore for help.



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Information from: WBMA-TV, https://www.abc3340.com

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