A holiday outing at Lake Lillinonah in Brookfield turned tragic Monday afternoon when a swimmer went missing.
37 year old William Donovan of Sandy Hook was boating with family and friends when he jumped into the water and went under.
A neighbor called police at about 2:30 in the afternoon to report a man in the lake yelling for help. Several departments, including police, fire and SCUBA teams, responded to the scene and searched for Donovan for hours.
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State police discovered his body at 7:20pm about 70 feet from the shore after using their sonar equipped boat.
