State officials Thursday identified the person who was recovered from Candlewood Lake Tuesday as a 20-year-old man from Bridgeport.
Denis Junio Rodrigues Pio was the person who went missing in Candlewood lake while swimming near Chicken Rock, according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
His death is being treated as an accidental drowning, according to DEEP.
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