CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The body recovered from the waters of Lake Erie near the pier at Edgewater Park in Cleveland on Tuesday has been identified.

United States Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Mary Wysong said they were called around 3:50 p.m. on Aug. 19 for the body.

The Cleveland Fire Department, the Cleveland MetroParks Police, and the U.S Coast Guard all responded to the scene.

Cleveland Fire’s Marine 21 recovered the body; the USCG boat couldn’t navigate safely into the shallow waters where the body was found.

The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the victim as 64-year-old Jeffery L. Williams of Cleveland.

The medical examiner also confirmed that Williams was the older man the Cleveland Division of Fire said reportedly fell off of the Edgewater Pier around 7:40 p

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