Lauwersmeer body found belongs to 54-year-old missing sailor | Inland

Boats and divers searched the Lauwersmeer on Wednesday morning for a missing sailor, a 54-year-old man from the municipality of Noardeast-Fryslân. The search was launched after the man’s boat was found empty on the Lauwersmeer on Tuesday evening around 8 p.m. Helicopters, boats of the KNRM and the fire brigade, and a plane of the coast guard were searched for the man.

On Wednesday afternoon around 2 p.m., the police found a body of a deceased person. An investigation shows that it belongs to the missing man. “There is no question of a crime,” the police said on Twitter.

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