A man’s decomposing body was pulled from Summit Lake on Monday afternoon.
The body was discovered shortly before 3 p.m., police reported. The Akron Fire Department’s dive team was called to the scene to retrieve the body. Upon finding the man unresponsive, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office was called to the scene at about 3:20 p.m. An investigator said the man’s body probably was in the water for several weeks.
An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday morning. Fingerprinting will be performed in an attempt to identify the man.