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Search called off for missing scuba diver in Lake Michigan

Posted at 4:27 PM, Jun 29, 2019
and last updated 2019-06-29 17:33:27-04

MILWAUKEE -- We now know the victims of a scuba diving trip that went horribly wrong Friday afternoon.

This morning the Coast Guard has called off the search for 53-year-old James Winn of Kildeer, IL who is presumed dead.

53-year-old Susan Winn was pronounced dead on Friday after being found unresponsive in Lake Michigan about 20 miles off the Milwaukee shoreline.

They had chartered a scuba boat and two other divers with them were not injured.

Coast Guard, police and helicopter search crews scoured more than 230 miles over 20 hours.

Milwaukee police are investigating.