Man who drowned in Fulton lake identified
Matthew Sanders
COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)
A man found dead after drowning in a Fulton lake on Thursday has been identified.
The body of Wallace J. Franklin Jr., 39, of Fulton, was pulled from Morningside Lake on Thursday morning. A witness told first responders that a person had been in the water yelling and showed them the location, a Fulton Police Department news release states.
The Missouri State Highway Patrol helped with the investigation and getting Franklin’s body out of the water.
The release did not include information about how Franklin ended up underwater.