JEFFERSON COUNTY —Law enforcement authorities are investigating after a body was recovered from Perry Lake in northeast Kansas.
Just before noon Tuesday deputies responded to a report of a body in the water near the Slough Creek Boat Ramp off Ferguson Road, according to Jefferson County Sheriff Timothy Bacon.
The body was identified as 51-year-old James Meredith of Berryton. There were no apparent signs of foul play.
The sheriff thanked the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jefferson County EMS, the Fairview Fire Department, and Jefferson County Sheriff's deputies for their assistance at the scene.