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Body recovered from Lake Monona last Friday identified

Individual identified as 39-year-old Madison resident Christopher H. Blackmer, according to news release
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Katie Cooney

The Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the individual recovered from Lake Monona last Friday as 39-year-old Christopher H. Blackmer from Madison, WI, according to a news release from the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office 

The incident last Friday was reported to authorities around 12:45 p.m. April 10, after a passerby said they saw what they believed to be a body in the water near Monona Terrace in the City of Madison, according to the release.

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A forensic autopsy was completed at the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office on April 11. Additional testing is still underway, according to the release.

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The Dance County’ Sheriff’s Office and the Dane County Medical Examiner’s Office are currently investigating on the death, according to the release.

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