Missing swimmer's body recovered in Lake St. Clair

Julian Joseph Martinez jumped in lake Monday, never resurfaced

Julian Joseph Martinez

HARRISON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – A dive team has recovered the body of 33-year-old Shelby Township man jumped in, but never resurfaced, in Lake St. Clair.

Macomb County Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said Julian Joseph Martinez's body was found Thursday morning in about 10 feet of water.

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Martinez jumped off a boat Monday to help a woman who had been pushed in as a joke, but drowned. Rescuers had been searching for his body since he disappeared.


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