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Body Of Charlotte Man Recovered From Lake Norman

Searchers have found the body of a Charlotte man who drowned Sunday night after he jumped off a boat into Lake Norman.

State Wildlife Resources officer Ron Robertson said the body of 28-year-old Ali Elzein was found around 7:30 Tuesday morning. He said a passerby spotted the body floating one cove over from where authorities were searching.

Elzein was with four other people on a rented pontoon boat near Queen's Landing in Mooresville. He and another man jumped off the boat around 6 p.m., but he disappeared.

Firefighters and emergency workers had been searching since Sunday night.  Authorities haven't offered an explanation for the drowning.  

David Boraks previously covered climate change and the environment for WFAE. See more at www.wfae.org/climate-news. He also has covered housing and homelessness, energy and the environment, transportation and business.