SYLVA, N.C. — Sheriff's deputies in North Carolina say a 21-year-old man has drowned in a lake.
WLOS-TV in Asheville reported the Jackson County Sheriff's Office is citing friends and bystanders who said Marquise Maurice Dukes of Harmony jumped off a fishing pier around 7 p.m. on Sunday and tried to swim back to a designated swimming area at Lake Glenville.
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Rescue divers from Henderson County located Dukes' body and recovered it from the lake around 11:42 p.m.
One witness tried to help Dukes, but couldn't get him back to shore. The witnesses said Dukes became distressed and went under the surface.