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The body of the boater recovered near Kowaliga Restaurant at Lake Martin has been identified as 61-year-old Chette Williams.
Rev. Williams was the longtime football team chaplain at Auburn University and also played linebacker there from 1982-1984.
State troopers say the marine-related incident happened around 5:45 p.m. Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin tells Action 8 News that Williams and a friend stopped by boat at the restaurant for dinner. When they found out that the restaurant was closed for a private event, Williams tried to get back into the boat and accidentally fell into the water.
Around 7:15 p.m. Sunday night, dive teams from the Alexander City Police Department, Elmore County Sheriff’s Office, and ALEA’s Marine Patrol recovered Williams’ body.
Williams was recovered at approximately 7:19 p.m. near the same location where he entered the water and was pronounced deceased. Williams’s body has been sent to the Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences (ADFS) for an autopsy to be performed.
ACTION 8 UPDATE: Divers recover body of longtime AU chaplain at Kowaliga Restaurant at Lake Martin - WAKA 8
Sunday night, dive teams recovered the body of Auburn football team chaplain Rev. Chette Williams from Lake Martin.www.waka.com
I think it was legitimately a freak accident, but they'll investigate it.Is this like all those suicides in Russia that get thrown out of windows or legit?