COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Dive teams have pulled a body from a creek in Cobb County after officers and firefighters responded to a drowning call.
Police received a call around 10 p.m. Sunday about a swimmer trying to swim across Noonday Creek, but they never resurfaced. Search and rescue recovered the person’s body on Tuesday morning.
The swimmer was identified as 31-year-old Otoniel Cruz from Woodstock.
Police said the recent storms caused the creek’s water levels to “rise significantly” and the current to speed up.
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