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Body recovered from lake
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The body of a 57-year-old Collierville man was recovered from Center Hill Lake after he reportedly fell from a docked jet ski Saturday afternoon.

 

According to TWRA Officer Tony Cross, the body of Stephen R. Morris was recovered after a search of about three hours. While it is believed that a medical condition may be the cause of the incident, an autopsy has been ordered to determine the exact cause of death.

 

Cross told the Review that witnesses said Morris was sitting on a jet ski that was pulled up onto the back of a houseboat, which was at rest in a small cove about a mile from Holmes Creek, when he fell into the water. He did not resurface.

 

TWRA officers, DeKalb County Rescue Squad members, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began searching at around 4 p.m. The body was located with a sonar device, and Putnam County Rescue Squad divers recovered the victim.