COOPERSVILLE, MI (WHTC-AM/FM, Sept. 1, 2022) – The search for a missing Coopersville man has had a tragic ending.
According to Ottawa County Sheriff’s Detective Captain Jake Sparks, deputies were dispatched to a construction site near Center and Sunset streets around 10:30 AM. Workers there found what appeared to be a body in a drainpipe from the storm sewer, and although they could see it through a man hole, it took members of the Ottawa County Technical Rescue Team and the Coopersville Department of Public Works in order to get at the body.
No positive identification of the deceased person was immediately made, but on Thursday, Sparks said that an autopsy confirmed that this was the body of Erik Johnson, the 28-year-old man who was reported missing on August 13th in the area of Danforth Street. While a final determination as to the cause of his death is pending the results of toxicology tests, the captain said, “this incident is not believed to be criminal at this time.”
The case remains open, and anyone with any information is asked to contact the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Department or Ottawa County Silent Observer (877-887-4536).
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